英语新闻|“洗衣液奶茶”，全部下架！

A brand of milk tea has been pulled from the shelves in China due to the striking resemblance of its packaging to laundry detergent bottles, after alarmed consumers feared it could mislead children into drinking cleaning liquid.

一款酷似洗衣液瓶造型的奶茶日前在我国下架，此前有消费者担心这会误导儿童饮用洗衣液。

The Thai-style milk tea, produced in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, eastern China, is packaged with Thai characters printed on the label in bottles which look exactly like those used by common laundry liquids and other cleaning products, with a similar handle and lid, news site Jimu News reported.

据极目新闻报道，这是一款最早火爆于江苏省南京市的泰式奶茶，包装上印有泰文，且看上去与普通洗衣液和其他清洁产品使用的瓶子一模一样，手柄和盖子也都很是相似。

The milk tea was being sold in 500ml bottles in the restaurant chain's three outlets across the city.

这款奶茶在南京的三个连锁餐厅以500毫升的瓶装规格出售。

The unusual bottle design caused heated online discussions on Weibo over the weekend, with internet users debating the resemblance to laundry detergent.

上周末，这款“洗衣液”奶茶的包装设计在微博上引起了热议，网友们对其酷似洗衣液的相似之处争论不休。

"Its design is novel. However, I am afraid some parents don't tell their kids about the potential danger from this type of packaging similarity. After the kids drink the milk tea once, they may drink dishwashing liquid at home thinking it is also milk tea," a second person commented.

有人评论道：“设计挺新颖的，但是这种包装相似性的潜在危险恐怕有的家长不会提醒孩子。孩子喝了一次‘洗衣液’奶茶后，可能就会在家里喝洗衣液，并且认为这也是奶茶。”

A third person said: "You can be creative in design, but you should be socially responsible. This kind of packaging would definitely mislead children and could result in serious consequences."

还有人评论说：“设计可以有创意，但要对社会负责，这样的‘洗衣液’包装肯定会误导孩子，后果很严重。”

The local market supervision authority said that they would launch an investigation into the packaging.

南京市市场监管局表示，将对此包装展开调查。

The company said it had changed the packs on Sunday after the online panic, Nanjing newspaper the Yangtze Evening News reported. But a waiter at the restaurant said they had noticed fewer customers buying the milk tea after altering the products' packaging.

据南京《扬子晚报》报道，该涉事店铺已于周日更换了奶茶的包装。然而该餐厅的一名服务员表示，产品包装改变后，购买奶茶的顾客减少了。

Wu Zhengping, a lawyer from Hubei Shouyi Law Firm, told Jimu News that food safety is not only related to food quality but is also related to safety risks caused by packaging style and methods.

湖北首义律师事务所吴正平告知极目新闻：食品安全不仅是指食品本身是否对人体健康有危害，也包括食品包装方法等与食品安全相关的因素。

"According to the Food Safety Law, the authorities' food safety risk assessment system monitors food quality as well as the safety of the food's packaging," he said.

他表示：“根据《食品安全法》的规定，有关部门的食品安全风险评估制度，对公开销售的食品及包装的安全性予以监督。”

resemblance

英[rɪˈzembləns]；美[rɪˈzembləns]

n.相似，形似；外表，外观；相似物，相似点；肖像

supervision

英[ˌsju:pə'vɪʒn]；美[ˌsjupɚˈvɪʒən]

n.监督；管理；监督的行为、过程或作用

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