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75.9% say they will not use Chinese food: poll

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... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sun, Feb 10 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 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...
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 . . .
15 Feb 08		Consumers slam comments by Chinese food maker as irresponsible » Japan Today Consumers across Japan slammed comments made Friday by the head of a Chinese factory, which produced frozen meat dumplings linked to food poisoning cases in Japan, that the company is "the biggest victim" of the incident. The consumers called for the...
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 . . .
03 May 08		Tainted 'gyoza' knocked stuffing out of Chinese food sales to Japan » Japan Times BEIJING (Kyodo) China's food sales to Japan fell sharply in the first two months of the year following the food-poisoning case involving frozen dumplings that sickened 10 people in Japan, China's state-run media reported Friday. Read the full story . . .

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