YOG volunteers hit by food poisoning

Close to 30 Youth Olympic Games volunteers were reported to have suffered from food poisoning after consuming their meals on August 15.

A source stated that the volunteers, who were on duty at the triathlon competition at East Coast Park, had diarrhoea.

On the same day, the National Environment Agency and Ministry of Health were notified and they are now investigating the case.

This is the second food controversy incident to hit the YOG.

A week ago, another incident on YOG volunteers’ meal packs sparked an online uproar after a volunteer uploaded a photo of their meal pack on Facebook. Netizens also raised concerns over the sub-standard food served to volunteers.

Such cases are really redundant as they can easily be avoided. If they can serve the athletes good quality foods, so why can't they serve the volunteers the same too? I feel that it is quite unfair to the volunteers.

Above is the meal pack that is given to YOG volunteers. The lunchbox consists of a piece of meat, long beans and white rice. A quote by a volunteer included "One of the meals was a dry, tasteless piece of chicken with a few slices of carrot and soggy rice. I ended up throwing most of it away.” Another even compared the bland meals to "dog food".

T think providing sub-standrad meals to our volunteers should have been avoided at all costs in the YOG, which is an once in a lifetime opportunity for Singapore to host it the event. If news were to be spread, it will give a poor impression for foreigners and athletes.

Quality and quantity is obviously not present in the meal. I hope this will be a wake up call and knock some sense into the people supplying the food. They really need to have stricter quality control.


Source:
www.yahoo.com.sg
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/08/13/controversy-over-meal-packs-for-yog-volunteers/