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Boosting self-sufficiency in food

Recent incidents caused by tainted gyoza dumplings imported from China have reminded the public not only of the importance of food safety, but also of just how dependent the country is on food imports. While it is important to avoid hysteria about imports... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sun, Mar 02 2008

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10 Feb 08		Avoid hysteria over food  »  Japan Times As the mystery surrounding incidents of food poisoning caused by gyoza dumplings imported from China intensifies, it is becoming even more important for Japanese to avoid hysteria over Chinese imports and for Japanese media to be coolheaded in reporting...
11 Mar 08		Ministry preaches food self-sufficiency  »  Japan Times The recent scare over pesticide-tainted "gyoza" dumplings made in China and the rapid price surges of flour and other food products across the world have aroused serious anxiety among millions of Japanese consumers over imported everyday foods. Read the...
16 Mar 08		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...
06 Mar 08		Vegetable imports from China dive  »  Japan Today Japan's imports of vegetables from China have nosedived since late January when tainted Chinese-made meat dumplings caused several cases of food poisoning, according to a preliminary government survey released Thursday. Japan imported 20,704 tons of...
02 Feb 08		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...

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