CHINA: Food safety ensured at Special Olympics - (Xinhua News Agency (China))
October 9, 2007 – 6:05 pmBEIJING — Organizers were cited as saying yesterday that the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai has been a safe event so far, and that no food poisoning incidents have been reported by any of the delegations from the 164 nations and regions participating in the event.
To ensure food safety, organizers have dispatched supervisors to each of the reception venues and have asked liaison officers and volunteers to take their delegations to dine at licensed food stands and restaurants during their sightseeing outings.
The organizers said that there had been some cases of digestive disturbances because some of the mentally disadvantaged athletes were not accustomed to eating Chinese cuisine, China Daily reported Tuesday.
To guarantee immediate and effective treatments for the ill, the event’s organizers have set up a three-tier healthcare network involving infirmaries at all sports venues and hotels, designated health facilities in 18 districts and one county and […]
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