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Late response to food poisoning

News that more than a thousand people have suffered food poisoning after eating insecticide-tainted gyoza meat and vegetable dumplings imported from China has set off alarms about food safety. Traces of the organo-phosphate methamidophos were found in the... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sat, Feb 02 2008

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30 Jan 08 visit 10 sick after eating tainted 'gyoza' from China  »  Japan Times
A least 10 people in Hyogo and Chiba Prefectures have suffered food poisoning after consuming frozen "gyoza" meat and vegetable dumplings from China that contained pesticide, corporate and government officials said Wednesday. Read the full story . . .
05 Feb 08 visit Contaminated Gyoza Dumplings from China  »  Mottekaero A least 10 people in Hyogo and Chiba Prefectures have suffered food poisoning after consuming frozen "gyoza" meat and vegetable dumplings from China that contained pesticide, corporate and government officials said Wednesday.Read: 10 sick after eating...
06 Mar 08 visit Vegetable imports from China dive after scare  »  Japan Times Imported vegetables from China have nosedived since late January, when tainted Chinese-made "gyoza" meat and vegetable dumplings caused several cases of food poisoning, according to a preliminary government survey released Thursday. Read the full story ....
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16 Mar 08 visit Deadlock in 'gyoza' probe  »  Japan Times The investigation into food-poisoning incidents caused by insecticide-tainted "gyoza" dumplings imported from China is deadlocked because Japan and China have completely different views as to where the insecticide contaminated the gyoza. China opposes...

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