Olympics: NW CHINA province orders restaurants to keep food samples for 48 hours - (Xinhua News Agency)
July 7, 2008 – 8:48 pmXI’AN — All restaurant and hotel managers in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province have been told to preserve their food samples for 48 hours during the Beijing Olympic period for fear of possible food safety incidents.
Emergency teams for handling such incidents must stand by around the clock, according to the Provincial Food Safety Committee.
Supervision efforts will be focused on restaurants and hotels at key tourist cities, famous scenic spots, airports and railway and long-distance bus stations, the committee said.
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