BEIJING (AP) -- Awash in food safety problems, China says athletes, coaches, officials, and others at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games can be assured of secure meals.

"All the procedures involving Olympic food, including production, processing, packaging, storing and transporting will be closely monitored," Sun Wenxu, an official with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, told reporters Tuesday.

China has come under international pressure to boost food safety and monitoring mechanisms following repeated scandals over contaminated Chinese food exports.

That has underscored chronic problems with adulterated ingredients and fake products in the domestic food supply, raising questions of how well China can guarantee the purity of food for the Games.

Athletes, coaches, officials and journalists at the Games are expected to consume more than 330 tons of fruit and vegetables, 82 tons of seafood, and 750 liters of ketchup, the official Xinhua News Agency said. They'll also scarf down 131 tons of meat, 21 tons of cheese and suck down 75,000 liters of milk and 3 million bottles of other beverages, it said.

Xinhua said consultants have recommended 1,000 Chinese dishes to Olympic organizers.

Organizers are also taking measures to ensure food is free of substances that could trigger a positive result in tests for banned performance enhancing drugs. Many of Chinese recent food woes have been tied to the purity of ingredients, flavoring, artificial colors, and other additives.