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Trying to Improve Food Safety With a Camera

This is the VOA special English Agriculture Report.

Nng Cao An Ton Lng Thc Vi My Quay Phim.

y l Bn tin Nng nghip ca chung trnh hc ting Anh ca i VOA S bng pht cht ngi ca mt dng vi khun E.Coli Chu u thu ht s ch ca d lun v vn an ton thc phm. Mt trong nhng cu hi n gin nht l khi no th con ngi mc bnh t thc phm li c v nh kh hoc khng th tr li. Con ngi n thc n g s lm h bnh tt? tt nhin, mt trong nhng cch trnh nhng nhng nguy c tim n v sc khe l khng s dng nhng loi sinh vt nguy him lm

Europe's deadly outbreak of a rare form of E.Coli bacteria has brought new attention to food safety issues.

One of the problems when people get sick from food is that the simplest question is often difficult or even impossible to answer. Just what did the people eat that made them sick? Of course, one way to avoid these medical mysteries is to keep dangerous organisms out of the food supply

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------thc n. This is easier said than done, but scientists keep trying. Ni th d, lm th kh, nhng cc nh khoa hc vn ang tip tc c gng. Cc nh khoa hc M pht trin mt h thng th nghim ng dng mt my qut quang hc cng ngh cao. H thng ny c ngha trong vic qun l nhng nh my ni m sn phm s c phn loi ra th trng.

Scientists in the United States have developed an experimental system that uses a high-tech optical scanner.

This inspection system is meant for packing houses where produce is sorted for market.

H thng ny c thit k xc The system is designed to identify nh s hin din ca cht gy the presence of contaminants like soil or animal waste on fresh produce nhim nh t hoc cht thi ng vt trn nhng thc phm ti. These can be sources of Escherichia coli, better known as E.coli. E. coli bacteria naturally live in the intestines of humans and many animals. Most kinds of E. coli are harmless, but some can make people sick. y c th l t Escherichia coli, thng c gi l E.coli. Vi khun E. coli thng sng trong rut ca con ngi v nhiu loi ng vt khc. Hu ht cc loi vi khun E. coli v hi, nhng mt s c th lm cho con ngi mc bnh. My qut mi cng c th b hng v khng hon ho, iu ny c th lm cho sn phm ny s khng hp dn ngi tiu dng. Cc nh khoa hc thit k h thng ti trung tm nghin cu ca S Nng nghip Beltsville, Maryland.

The new scanner can also show damage and imperfections that might make the produce unappealing to shoppers. Scientists designed the system at a Department of Agriculture research center in Beltsville, Maryland.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Moon Kim of the Agricultural Research Service led the team. He says they were asked to develop a method to detect contamination in produce So they started with the apple as their model sample.The scanner uses a high-speed camera placed over the conveyer belt that moves the produce along. As the apples move along the belt, the scanner captures images of each piece of fruit. The system is equipped with an ultraviolet lamp and a halogen lamp that produces near-infrared light. A spectrograph device can use the near-infrared light bouncing off an apple to show evidence of damage. The ultraviolet light can show contaminants. Moon Kim says the team hopes the system will be available to the food industry in the next several years. ng Moon Kim lm Dch V Nghin cu Nng nghip ch o i nghin cu ny. ng ni h c nhim v pht trin mt phng php d tm cht nhim trn thc phm V th h bt u s dng to lm th nghim. my qut s dng my quay tc cao, c t trn bng ti v s chuyn ng theo sn phm.

Khi to chuyn ng theo bng ti, my qut s chp li hnh nh ca mi mu to. H thng c trang b mt n cc tm v n halogen c th pht ra tia sng cn hng ngoi. Mt thit b quang ph c th s dng nh sng cn hng ngoi i xuyn qua qu to hin th kt qu ca tc hi . nh sng tia cc tm c th cho thy cc cht gy nhim. ng Moon Kim cho bit nhm nghin cu hy vng h thng s sn sng cho ngnh cng nghip thc phm trong vi nm ti. My qut c th ra lnh cho my phn loi tch nhng qu to tt ring vi nhng qu to hng. H thng ny hin ti c kh nng ch ra b mt ca mt na qu to khi n i qua.

The scanner can direct a sorting machine to separate the bad apples from the good ones. The system is currently able to show the surface of only half the apple as it speeds by.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The inventers hope to improve the process so it can show the whole surface. For VOA Special English, I'm Alex Villarreal. You can learn American English and much more every day at voaspecialenglish.com. Nhng nh pht minh hy vng s ci thin qu trnh ny qua c th nhn thy ton b b mt ca qu to. Trn y l bn tin ting anh c bit VOA, ti l Alex Villarreal . Bn c th hc ting Anh M v nhiu chng trnh khc ti trang web : voaspecialenglish.com.

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