The Great Wall (photo by pperrypembo, courtesy of morguefile.com)

Safety concerns about food from China have made regular news for some time and now the U.S. Olympic Committee is planning to bring much of its own food to Beijing this summer, according to an Associated Press report posted by the Houston Chronicle.

There are over 600 athletes on the U.S. team and more than 400 support personnel. The team says it is not concerned about the safety of the food in the Athletes Village, but support personnel are not eligible to eat there. Tons of food will be transported to a training center and support personnel will eat most of their meals there. Some local foods will be purchased and served at the training center.

The Associated Press report quotes Kang Yi, the head of the Food Division for the Beijing organizing committee, as saying, "I feel it's a pity that they (Americans) decided to take their own food."

If you’d like to read the AP report cited above go to: U.S. to bring its own food to Beijing Olympics