BEIJING, August 6 (Xinhua) — Beijing Olympic organizers are confident of ensuring food safety of the Games to be held in the Chinese capital next summer.”We are very confident of ensuring food safety in Beijing,” said Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG). “Beijing has hosted many big events and there have been no big problems regarding food safety in these events.”

An elaborate monitoring system will be applied to help oversee the whole process of food production, processing and transportation to make sure healthy food is delivered to the Olympic Village next year.

“All food entering the Olympic Village and other facilities will be given an Olympic food safety logistics code,” Wang said. “High technology including IC card, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and GPS (Global Positioning Satellites) system will be used to monitor the whole process from start of production through transportation to the village,” Wang said.

Wang stressed that extra measures would also be taken to ensure food safety for the general public.

“During the games some special monitoring mechanisms will also be applied to monitor restaurants and public food sellers,” Wang said. “Through these measures, we would like to teach ordinary people how to buy safe food and help restaurants improve their service quality.”