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China says food safety for 2008 Olympics fully guaranteed (2) |
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21:42, July 10, 2007 |
To allay rising public dissatisfaction, the government had laid out a five-year plan to tighten the supervision of food and drug products and promised to "significantly reduce the number of incidents caused by substandard food or drug products" by 2010.
Earlier reports said Beijing has set up an expert panel on food security for the 2008 Olympics, which included seven Chinese and eight foreign experts.
The panel, jointly established by the Beijing Municipal Bureau for Industry and Commerce and the Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympics, has been mulling the criteria, testing and monitoring systems for food security for the Olympics.
The panel has also drawn up a draft list of 30 performance-enhancing drugs to be closely monitored as well as their allowable volumes in Olympics food.
Chinese cuisine, which will make its debut on the Olympic menu in 2008, is expected to account for 30 percent of the Olympic food.
"Chinese cuisine is famous for its rich ingredients and delicate condiments, but the more ingredients the food contains, the more risks it might have," said Cai Tongyi, an expert with the food safety panel.
Cai, a nutrition professor with the China Agricultural University, said after careful selection, the panel has recommended 1,000 Chinese dishes to the International Olympic Committee. "We are waiting for the approval of IOC."
Source: Xinhua
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