recently, the state administration for industry and commerce and other departments announced that all food supplied to the Beijing Olympic games should be uniformly affixed with electronic labels. As long as you scan the electronic label, you can find the place of birth, production standard, output, batch, etc. of all food, and continuously monitor the Olympic food from the source to the table. It is the basic requirement of Beijing Olympic food to ensure that athletes participating in the 2118 Olympic Games can eat safely. But what will be eaten in the restaurants of Beijing Olympic Village? This is another food topic that everyone is most concerned about besides Olympic food safety.

"Combination of Chinese and Western" * * * menu

Although the number of dishes in the Olympic cookbook is still uncertain, the principle is to keep it for 7 days. Xiang Ping, deputy director of the Games Service Department of BOCOG, said when visiting the official website of BOCOG: Olympic recipes should not only meet the needs of athletes in terms of calories and nutrition, but also conform to their religious habits and dietary tastes. It is predicted that the catering needs of 271,111 registered personnel from 212 countries and regions will be met during the Beijing Olympic Games. In addition, catering services will be provided for 7 million visitors. Although most athletes come from Europe and America, they also hope to embody the Chinese nation's food culture and let them enjoy China's delicious food. Therefore, at that time, the Beijing Olympic Village will take the western food as the main food, supplemented by Chinese food.

At present, BOCOG has identified a catering service provider through bidding. This provider has provided catering services for many Olympic Games, with more than 11 million service people and quite rich experience in catering services for the Olympic Games. BOCOG will draw lessons from previous Olympic Games and work with catering providers to draw up the Olympic menu. After the menu is designed, a special expert group will be set up to evaluate it and try the meal. The experts will analyze the composition of the menu and judge the color, smell and taste. The menu will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee for approval after a layer-by-layer evaluation. The menu made through so many procedures is believed to occupy an important page in the long history of Chinese diet and has a milestone significance in the development of Chinese diet.

Chinese food in the Olympic canteen is fragrant

Through the Olympic Games, Korean bibimbap and Japanese sushi have all gone to the world. What about Chinese food? At present, Olympic recipes are under repeated consideration. It is understood that 1,111 Chinese food dishes have been recommended to the Olympic Organizing Committee.

Although Chinese food only accounts for 31% of the Olympic recipes, experts pay no less attention to food safety than 71% western food. Because Chinese food is too complicated, the materials are complicated, and there are many auxiliary materials. The more materials used, the more hidden unsafe factors, and the greater the possibility of problems. But complexity and exquisiteness are the charm of Chinese food. Chinese food faces great challenges and opportunities at the same time.

In addition, in order to make Chinese food quickly accepted and understood by athletes, coaches and officials all over the world, experts have to do a lot of work other than food safety, such as translating the names of dishes. Many dish names are translated by explanation, such as goo-goo meat, which literally translates into "chicken with sweet and sour sauce", followed by pinyin and pictures. "This is for foreign friends to see, eat and take away." He said. Although we don't know which Chinese food can enter the Olympic menu, it must be the one that best reflects the characteristics of China.