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Monday March 15th 2010

China bans dog from Olympic menu

China's Dog Meat
China's Dog Meat
With less than a month before the Olympic Games in Beijing, China has ordered dog meat to be taken off the menu at its 112 official Olympic restaurants in order to avoid offending foreign visitors. 

Restaurant workers are advised to "patiently" suggest other options to local diners who order dog. China has threaten to black-listed any restaurant found violating the ban.

Dog, known as "fragrant meat" is eaten by some Chinese for purported medicinal properties. 

The ban, issued by the Beijing Catering Trade Association, forbids all designated Olympic restaurants from offering dog and urges other food outlets to remove the meat from menus.

"If a customer orders dog meat, restaurant staff should patiently suggest another entree," said Xiong Yumei, deputy director of the Beijing Tourism Bureau told Xinhua.

 

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  1. Denise says:

    Thanks to the Chinese government for being considerate by not sharing their fragrant meat with the international community.

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