China assures food safety for athletes at 2008 Beijing Olympics

[Snowden]

China assures food safety for athletes at 2008 Beijing Olympics
td.yspwidearticlebody { font-size: 13.5px; }July 10, 2007



BEIJING (AP) -- Despite food safety problems, China says athletes, coaches and officials at the 2008 Beijing Olympics can be assured of healthy meals.

"All the procedures involving Olympic food, including production, processing, packaging, storing and transporting will be closely monitored," Sun Wenxu, an official with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, said Tuesday.

China has come under international pressure to boost food safety and monitoring mechanisms following repeated scandals over contaminated Chinese food exports.
That has underscored chronic problems with adulterated ingredients and fake products in the domestic food supply, raising questions of how well China can guarantee the purity of food for the games.

Athletes, coaches, officials and journalists are expected to consume more than 330 tons of fruit and vegetables, 82 tons of seafood and 750 liters of ketchup, the official Xinhua News Agency said. They're also expected to eat 131 tons of meat, 21 tons of cheese and drink 75,000 liters of milk.
Xinhua said consultants have recommended 1,000 Chinese dishes to Olympic organizers.



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[BloodThirstyWench]

Ah yeah, I think by executing people we realize they're pretty serious about it???