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Pesticide in 'gyoza' poisoned only 10

Since the revelation late last month that 10 people suffered chemical poisoning after eating China-made "gyoza" dumplings tainted with pesticide, more than 2,800 people have complained of feeling sick after eating frozen food from China. Read the full... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, Feb 14 2008

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31 Jan 08 visit NHK: Chinese dumplings recalled  »  YouTube videoKowaka Junichi from the consumer organization "Japan Offspring Fund" discusses the problems of illegal pesticides in Chinese foods. Today, JT Foods Co. announced a massive recall of 13 ton frozen foods, including gyoza, made in China.
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...
30 Jan 08 visit 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...
02 Feb 08 visit Late response to food poisoning  »  Japan Times 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...
06 Feb 08 visit 'Gyoza' poisoned after leaving factory: China  »  Japan Times The head of the Chinese delegation in Japan for talks over recent food poisonings said Wednesday he believes the Chinese-made frozen "gyoza" dumplings were deliberately tainted with pesticide after being shipped from the factory and not during the...

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