世界上最大的乳制品比赛

威斯康星州举办了世界上最大的乳制品比赛

The largest technical cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the world starts Tuesday in Wisconsin, with a record 3,667 entries from 26 nations.

世界上最大的奶酪、黄油和酸奶技术竞赛周二在威斯康星州拉开帷幕，来自26个国家的3667名参赛者参加了比赛。

The 55 judges taste, sniff and inspect the 132 classes of dairy products during the biennial World Championship Cheese Contest.

在两年一度的世界奶酪锦标赛上，55名评委品尝、嗅闻和检查了132类乳制品。

The judges include cheese graders, cheese buyers, dairy science professors, and researchers from 19 nations and 14 states.

评委包括来自19个国家和14个州的奶酪分级员、奶酪购买者、乳制品科学教授和研究人员。

The last time the competition was held in 2018, a hard sheep’s milk cheese called Esquirrou made in France at Mauleon Fromagerie won top honors. It is imported by Savencia Cheese USA. This year’s winner will be announced Thursday.

上次比赛是在2018年，来自法国的一种名为Esquirrou的硬羊奶奶酪赢得了最高荣誉。它是由美国Savencia奶酪公司进口的。今年的获奖者将于周四公布。

One judge and 30 people from a Japanese university could not attend because the university didn’t allow international travel due to the new coronavirus, according to Rebekah Sweeney, spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, which organizes the event.

据组织此次活动的威斯康星州奶酪制造商协会发言人丽贝卡·斯威尼介绍，一名法官和30名来自日本一所大学的人无法参加，因为该大学因新冠状病毒而不允许国际旅行。

There will be extra hand-washing stations and hand sanitizers for the judges “out of an abundance of good intention,” she said.

她说，“出于善意”，将为评委增设洗手站和洗手液。