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Dope-free pork on the menu for Beijing Games

By Mure Dickie in Beijing and Geoff Dyer in Shanghai

Published: August 5 2007 22:06 | Last updated: August 5 2007 22:06

The official pork supplier to the 2008 Beijing Olympics is to rear organically-fed pigs at secret locations to provide athletes with safe meat guaranteed not to cause them to fail doping tests.

News of the extra efforts being taken by supplier Qianxihe Food Group comes amid international concern about the safety of Chinese food, drugs and other products following a string of scandals.

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