China has announced the creation of an Olympic Food Safety Command Center to protect visitors to the Beijung Olympics this August.
The idea behind the OFSCC is to ensure that terrorists don't contaminate China's food supplies. Say what? That's already being done for them by the Chinese food industry. From the Associated Press:
"... food supplied for the Olympics will be checked against specific technical standards.
"Precautions must be taken to avert any trace of terrorist attacks on our food supply chain," [state news agency] Xinhua quoted Zhang Shikuan [head of the Beijing Industry and Commerce Bureau] as saying.
Problems in China's food supply are common, due to lax standards and improper use of chemicals, preservatives or drugs.
Such concerns were heightened last year after some Chinese food exports, such as seafood, were found to be contaminated with dangerous chemicals."
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