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Auckland - Samples of food served to the All Blacks during the Rugby World Cup will be frozen to provide a record for food safety.
According to the allblacks.com website, Rugby World Cup 2011 would document all meals provided to all teams at the tournaments, New Zealand Food and Safety Authority spokesperson Helen Keyes said.
"They have advised that they will have full traceability of team hotel meals, volunteer meals and VIP meals for the duration of the tournament," she said.
"They also have daily reporting from team hotels and they will be freezing samples of each meal served."
Rugby World Cup 2011 hospitality and logistics manager Ian Crowe said catering information was confidential but all meals served to players would be recorded.
"We order every meal to every location. We know who eats what, where and when," he said.
The new process was not bought up because of the alleged food-poisoning of the All Blacks during the 1995 World Cup in Johannesburg, Crowe said.
"We are following best practice, so it's unrelated to those issues."
Illness swept through the 1995 All Black camp 48 hours before the World Cup final, with 27 members of the 35-man squad falling sick.
Former All Black Eric Rush said he escaped the ailment, as he missed a certain team dinner, opting for Pizza Hut instead.
Teams and officials will be served 103 000 meals over the duration of the 2011 tournament.
According to the allblacks.com website, Rugby World Cup 2011 would document all meals provided to all teams at the tournaments, New Zealand Food and Safety Authority spokesperson Helen Keyes said.
"They have advised that they will have full traceability of team hotel meals, volunteer meals and VIP meals for the duration of the tournament," she said.
"They also have daily reporting from team hotels and they will be freezing samples of each meal served."
Rugby World Cup 2011 hospitality and logistics manager Ian Crowe said catering information was confidential but all meals served to players would be recorded.
"We order every meal to every location. We know who eats what, where and when," he said.
The new process was not bought up because of the alleged food-poisoning of the All Blacks during the 1995 World Cup in Johannesburg, Crowe said.
"We are following best practice, so it's unrelated to those issues."
Illness swept through the 1995 All Black camp 48 hours before the World Cup final, with 27 members of the 35-man squad falling sick.
Former All Black Eric Rush said he escaped the ailment, as he missed a certain team dinner, opting for Pizza Hut instead.
Teams and officials will be served 103 000 meals over the duration of the 2011 tournament.
