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China's place secure: food exec

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 . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Mar 05 2008

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04 Feb 08 visit 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...
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04 Mar 08 visit JT to trim frozen food production in China  »  Japan Times In the wake of food poisoning cases involving "gyoza" dumplings made in China and imported by its subsidiary JT Foods Co., Japan Tobacco Inc. will increase its own production of frozen foods while cutting back on outsourcing to China, President Hiroshi...
24 Feb 08 visit JT may buy frozen food elsewhere  »  Japan Times Japan Tobacco Inc. may stop consigning frozen food production to Chinese companies following a series of chemical poisoning cases involving Chinese-made dumplings sold by one of its units, sources said Saturday. Read the full story . . .
03 May 08 visit 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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