Food safety at the Beijing Olympics Games

Food safety in China has been a major global concern. To ensure the food safety during the Beijing Olympic Games, with the support from the Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympics, the Beijing Municipal Food Safety Supervision and Coordination Office has established the Olympic Food Safety Command Center to monitor for food safety and handle all food-related emergencies. The head of the Beijing Municipal Bureau for Industry and Commerce Zhang Zhikuan stated that “precautions must be taken to avert any trace of terrorist attacks on our food supply chain.”

At the Beijing Olympics, food will be classified into 345 items under 10 categories, and each item will be checked against specific technical standards.