Storm over bottom (rectal)swabs at APEC meeting (Bangkok) [View All]

[doxieone]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1517&e=7&u=/afp/apec_food_offbeat

Storm over bottom swabs for Thai catering workers at APEC
Fri Oct 17, 7:38 AM ET

BANGKOK (AFP) - A flap erupted over medical checks for catering workers at the APEC (news - web sites) summit in Thailand, who were required to submit to rectal swabs to determine they are disease-free.

Chefs and waiters at the 16 hotels hosting world leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit have undergone the checks to ensure they are not infected with typhoid or other parasites.

An opposition MP slammed the tests, saying he had received a complaint from an executive at one of the hotels.

"It's over the top," Akapol Sorasuchart told Friday's The Nation newspaper.

(snip)

Thailand's top chefs are among those rustling up the kingdom's best cuisine for political heavyweights attending the summit including US President George W. Bush (news - web sites), his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao and Russia's Vladimir Putin (news - web sites).