Wary U.S. Olympians will bring food to China - (N.Y. Times)
February 9, 2008 – 6:10 pmhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/sports/othersports/09olympics.html?hp
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/02/articles/culture-of-food-safety/us-olympians-will-bring-food-to-china/index.html
COLORADO SPRINGS When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of chicken half of a breast that measured 14 inches.
Frank Puleo, a caterer from Staten Island who has traveled to China to handle food-related issues, was quoted as saying, “Enough to feed a family of eight. We had it tested and it was so full of steroids that we never could have given it to athletes. They all would have tested positive.
The story explains that n preparing to take a delegation of more than 600 athletes to the Summer Games in Beijing this year, the U.S.O.C. faces food issues beyond steroid-laced chicken. In recent years, some foods in China have been found to be tainted with insecticides and illegal veterinary drugs, and the standards applied to meat there are lower than those in […]
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