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Police to reexamine insecticide-tainted 'gyoza'

The National Police Agency decided Saturday to conduct reexaminations of China-made frozen "gyoza" dumplings laced with a toxic insecticide and their wrappings at a laboratory equipped with advanced analysis devices, agency sources said... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sat, Feb 09 2008

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09 Feb 08 visit Police to retest tainted dumplings  »  Japan Times
The National Police Agency decided Saturday to conduct re-examinations of China-made frozen dumplings laced with a toxic insecticide and their wrappings at a laboratory equipped with advanced analysis devices, agency sources said Saturday. Read the full...
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...
16 Feb 08 visit Police believe pesticide in gyoza not Japan-produced  »  Japan Today The National Police Agency believes the pesticide detected in the China-made dumplings that sickened 10 people was produced outside Japan judging from its composition, police sources said Saturday. Police in Chiba and Hyogo prefectures, where the food...
13 Feb 08 visit NPA may send team to help China with 'gyoza' probe  »  Japan Times
The National Police Agency may send investigators to China to promote cooperation with authorities there probing Chinese-made frozen dumplings found to contain pesticides linked to food poisonings in Japan, NPA sources said. Read the full story . . .
21 Feb 08 visit Police from Japan, China discuss tainted gyoza cases  »  Japan Today Police officials from Japan and China began a two-day meeting Thursday in Tokyo to discuss cases of Chinese-made dumplings found tainted with chemicals in Japan, Japanese police said. Officials from Japan's National Police Agency, and China's Public...

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