China takes dog meat off menu at Olympics

Dog meat is eaten in some Asian countries. However, to avoid offending foreign visitors, China has ordered dog meat to be taken off the menu at its 112 official Olympic restaurants.

Any restaurant found violating the ban would be black-listed, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

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.

Rover is off the menu in Beijing -- for a short time anyway.

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