US Olympics team burns China

From Reuters: U.S. Plans to Bring Food to Games:

BEIJING -- The U.S. Olympic Committee has disappointed the head of food services at the Beijing Olympics with a plan to bring its own food to the Games.

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 Americans are planning to transport tons of meats and other foods to a training camp at Beijing Normal University.

"I feel it's a pity that [the Americans] decided to take their own food," Kang Yi, head of the Food Division for the Beijing organizing committee, said Thursday. She said the U.S. hasn't officially notified her department of the plan.

The U.S. delegation will number more than 600, and many will eat their daily meals at the training camp rather than at the Athletes Village. The village will house about 17,000 athletes and officials during the Aug. 8-24 Games and can serve 6,000 meals simultaneously.

"We have made lots of preparations to ensure that [the athletes] can get together at the Olympic Games," Ms. Kang said at a news conference on food safety. "If the American delegation is not at that gathering, it's a pity."

Another official said there was no evidence that drugs and growth stimulants used in meat production could trigger positive doping tests.

Ooh, burn! This from the country that puts bleach in their food.