Thursday, February 21, 2008

BEIJING UPGRADES CITYWIDE FOOD SAFETY FOR OLYMPICS


(BEIJING, February 21) -- At the 92nd (enlarged) meeting of its Executive Board, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) urged the play of the advantages of the socialist system, enhancement of efficiency and coordination, integration of resources from various areas and mobilization of all forces in the city, with an aim of fully meeting the Games-time requirements and ensuring an Olympics characterized with distinctive Chinese features and high qualities.


Beijing has attached great importance to upgrading food safety citywide as a precondition to ensuring food safety for the upcoming Olympics, an official said on Thursday.

Since 2005, the city has engaged in an all-around effort to improve food safety, with guidelines already formulated, said Tang Yunhua, a spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Office for Food Safety.

The city has stressed food safety supervision and management; media supervision and the participation of consumers in the process; and the set-up of a monitoring network, she told the journalists attending a press conference at the Beijing Olympic Media Center.

Beijing has conducted dynamic monitoring for various pollutants that threaten food safety and food-related diseases. Based on the findings, Beijing has established a risk assessment and warning system and improved the food safety credit system, the system of information gathering, assessment and publication, as well as the system of encouragement and punishment.




1 comment:

coolingstar9 said...

Hi,
It is really important to ensure food safety meet the required standard.
To ensure the sport competitors and visitors have the healthy food to eat.
very information, keep it up.
Have a nice day.