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Food-inspection system has many holes

Food inspectors and consumers on Thursday questioned the effectiveness of food importing regulations after large amounts of organophosphate in frozen "gyoza" dumplings made in China were blamed for sickening scores of people nationwide. Read the full... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, Jan 31 2008

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17 Feb 08		2008-02-16 (1/1) Chinese-made dumplings spark food scare in Japan. 中国製冷凍ギョーザ中毒報道 » YouTube video2008-02-16 19:00 JST SAP (L:Japanese / R:English) The daily progress of this affair: 日本: English (US): Français: 台灣: 香港 Ру́сский язы́к: 한국어: TIANYANG FOOD PLANT (English) http://www.tianyangfo od.cn/e_aboutus.aspx
04 Feb 08		Consumers shun frozen food amid 'gyoza' poisonings » Japan Times The food-poisoning outbreak linked to frozen Chinese-made "gyoza" meat dumplings has scared consumers away from frozen foods, officials at food makers and retailers are saying. Read the full story . . .
04 Feb 08		Consumers wary of frozen foods after 'gyoza' poisoning » Japan Today The recent outbreak of food poisoning linked to Chinese-made frozen "gyoza" meat dumplings has scared consumers away from frozen foods, officials of food product makers and retailers. Consumers remain deeply concerned as they are still no wiser as to...
10 Feb 08		75.9% say they will not use Chinese food: poll » Japan Today A notably high 75.9% of consumers in Japan said they "will not use Chinese food from now on" due to the recent food poisoning incident involving Chinese-made frozen "gyoza" dumplings, according to a Kyodo News telephone survey conducted nationwide...
30 Jan 08		10 suffer food poisoning from China-made 'gyoza' dumplings » Japan Today Ten people have suffered food poisoning, with one of them in serious condition, in Chiba and Hyogo prefectures after eating Chinese-made frozen "gyoza" dumplings, the health ministry and police said Wednesday. The ministry ordered Tokyo-based importer JT...
05 Mar 08		China's place secure: food exec » Japan Times China will remain a key supplier of food despite recent poisoning cases involving "gyoza" dumplings made by a Chinese firm, the president of Ajinomoto Frozen Foods Co. said Wednesday. Read the full story . . .

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