Restaurants told to take dog meat off menus

Beijing's 112 officially designated Olympic restaurants have been banned from selling dog meat during the Olympics, the city's food safety administration has said.

Non-designated restaurants (especially those serving Korean, Yunnan and Guizhou cuisine) have also been encouraged not to serve the meat, a notice drawn up earlier by the administration said.

All meat transported into Beijing during the Olympics will be checked to prevent violations, the notice said.