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The Times report says the U.S. Olympic Committee is shipping 11,000 kilograms of beef, chicken and pork to China for the games. At Thursday's news conference, one journalist asked about the report.

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Tang Yunhua, of Beijing's Food Safety Office, said athletes will not be allowed to bring their own food into the Olympic Village. She says Chinese authorities cannot guarantee the safety of outside food, and will not know if it is up to the correct standards

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However, the Times report said most of that food being brought by the Americans will be served at the U.S. Olympic athlete training center at Beijing Normal University, which lies outside the Olympic village.

Healthy Food at Bijing Olympic

Kang Yi, food division chief for the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, called the U.S. team's reported plans "regrettable." She says the Chinese authorities have made a lot of preparations for the athletes of the world to get together. "It is a pity," she said, "if the U.S. team is not taking part in these preparations

The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were held until AD 393. Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown by the Greek poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833.Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international Olympic Games in 1859. He paid for the refurbishment of the Panathinaiko Stadium for Olympic Games held there in 1870 and 1875. This was noted in newspapers and publications around the world including the London Review, which stated that "the Olympian Games, discontinued for centuries, have recently been revived! Here is strange news indeed ... the classical games of antiquity were revived near Athens." The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the initiative of a French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. The IOC has become the heart of the "Olympic Movement," a conglomeration of sporting federations that are involved in the organization of the Games. As the Olympic Movement has grown so has the profile and complexity of the Games. Participation in the Games has increased to the point that nearly every nation on earth is represented. With the proliferation of satellite communications, the internet, and the continuing trend towards globalization, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters.This growth has created numerous challenges, including political boycotts, the use of performance enhancing medications, bribery of officials, and terrorism. Despite these challenges the Olympics have continued to thrive and flourish. Each successive Games attempts to add more events in order to keep up with the ever-evolving advance of athletic expression around the world. The 2008 games in Beijing had 302 events in 28 sports. The most recent Winter Olympics in 2006 featured 84 events in 7 sports. While the Olympic Games do continue to evolve, they also encompass many rituals that were established during their infancy in the late 19th and early 20th century. Most of these traditions are on display during the Opening and Closing ceremonies, and the medal presentations. For its part, the Olympic Movement has made considerable progress in fostering participation among as many nations as wish to compete, as well as focusing on the Olympic motto: Citius Altius Fortius - Faster, Higher, Stronger.

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From farm to table, authorities in Beijing say they are able to track the progress of farm animals and crops aimed for human consumption.

Healthy Food at Bijing Olympic

Chinese authorities say they will also set up mobile response teams to react quickly if there are any problems.

Healthy Food at Bijing Olympic

One worry is the possibility of banned chemicals in the Chinese meat supply, and the chance that athletes consuming such meat could be accused of doping. The New York Times quotes caterers working with the U.S. Olympic Committee as saying athletes eating such tainted food could test positive for steroids