US Olympic food plan disappoints CHINA - (Associated Press)
February 21, 2008 – 7:00 pmhttp://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jrp-KHZKgLpM2bYURYwUf1GYA2AQD8UUL2H00
BEIJING The United States Olympic Committee’s plan to bring its own food to China has, according to this story, disappointed the head of food services for the Beijing Olympics.
Wary of food quality in China following recent incidents of tainted products and reports of the heavy use of drugs and insecticides in food production, the USOC is planning to transport tons of meats and other foods to a training camp at Beijing Normal University.
Kang Yi, the head of the Food Division for the Beijing organizing committee, was quoted as saying Thursday, “I feel it’s a pity that they (Americans) decided to take their own food,” adding that the U.S. had not officially notified her department of the plan.
Tang Yunhua, a spokeswoman for the Beijing Municipal Office for Food Safety, repeated claims Thursday of extensive monitoring from the pasture to the plate using bar codes, satellite tracking devices and labor-intensive […]
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