PrintNo Steroids-Enhanced Chicken for Olympians in China
Eat chicken in China and you might fail a steroids test. Because of issues with tainted food in China, the United States Olympic Committee has made arrangements with sponsors like Kellogg's and Tyson Foods to ship 25,000 pounds of lean protein to China for the Olympic games. Local vendors and importers will be used to obtain other foods and cooking equipment.
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3 Comments:
I'll assume that this is a joke, since the notion of going to Tyson Foods for "healthy" chicken sounds like pure satire to me. Presumably, this is not a hygiene measure, but rather a clever promo scheme devised by Tyson and Kellogg's and expedited through lavish bribes.
Barry Foy at 11:10AM on 02/11/08
I'm with Barry! No one who has ever eaten a healthy chicken would consider Tyson's to be "real" chicken! This has to be a bit of really bad pr hype.
fewteeth at 1:51PM on 02/11/08
I'm pretty sure it's not a joke. Rachael Ray was asked by Tyson Foods to create a dish for the U.S. athletes going to the Olympics. They're actually sponsors of the U.S. Olympic Team, I found a press release:
http://www.tyson.com/Corporate/PressRoom/ViewArticle.aspx?id=2113
Yikes! Those poor athletes :(
Eilen at 3:15PM on 02/11/08