World Anti-Doping Agency Warns Athletes Over Contaminated Chinese Meat Ahead of Beijing Olympics

World Anti-Doping Agency Warns Athletes Over Contaminated Chinese Meat Ahead of Beijing Olympics
Residents buy pork to make sausage for the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival on a street famous for its sausages in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on Dec. 31, 2020. Getty Images
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Olympic athletes must “exercise extreme caution” as they eat Chinese meat, which can be contaminated with the prohibited substance clenbuterol, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) warned last week.

A WADA spokesperson said its guidelines for traveling athletes “only to eat at places given the all-clear by event organizers” in countries such as China remained in place, Olympic news website Inside the Games reported.
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