By STEPHEN WADE, AP Sports Writer
BEIJING – The United States Olympic Committee’s plan to bring its own food to China has disappointed the head of food services for the Beijing Olympics.
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 USOC is planning to transport tons of meats and other foods to a training camp at Beijing Normal University.
“I feel it’s a pity that they (Americans) decided to take their own food,” Kang Yi, the head of the Food Division for the Beijing organizing committee, said Thursday. She added the U.S. had not officially notified her department of the plan.
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