Abstract: In order to improve food safety insurance for the 2008 Olympic Games,China has demanded and established related traceability system of livestock products. Especially,it has positive significance that the traceability system of livestock products system of the 2008 Olympic Games and the RFID(radio frequency identification technology) used by the system further improve and enhance the overall level of livestock products safety insurance. Taking pig as an example,which is the largest consumption of livestock products in China,the application of RFID in breeding,slaughter-process,storage and transportation was analyzed,and the difficulties and suggestions in popularizing traceability system of livestock products for the 2008 Olympic Games were propounded,based on the analysis of the traceability system and its technical characteristics.

Key words: the 2008 Olympic Games, livestock products, traceability system, RFID