

当年三鹿奶粉出现三聚氰胺的事件,外电是这样报道的:
The New Zealand-based Fonterra, a major investor in the Chinese dairy firm Sanlu says the company has recalled a line of baby formula after a "quality" issue.
中国奶制品公司三鹿集团的控股方新西兰恒天然集团表示因质量问题三鹿集团已宣布召回一批婴幼儿配方奶粉。
上面的报道中,baby formula 就是“婴幼儿配方奶粉”的英文表达,也叫 infant formula,指的是an artificial substitute for human breast milk, designed for infant consumption(能够替代母乳为婴儿生长与发育提供所需营养的一种人工食品),formula 在通常情况下指的是“配方,公式”之意,比如:mathematical formula (数学公式),paint formula (颜料配方)等,在这里则是特指a special nutritive mixture, esp. of milk, sugar, and water, in prescribed proportions for feeding a baby(为婴幼儿配制的特殊营养物质)