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| Another Chinese Dumpling scare - Japan Upset. |
| 2008-08-07 |
Japan called Wednesday for a swift resolution of a health scare involving Chinese dumplings as it emerged that several people had fallen ill in China after eating the same product. The latest food poisoning cases in China appeared to cast doubt on Beijing's assertion that the dumplings at the centre of the incident in Japan early this year were contaminated with pesticide after leaving the country. "A lot of time has passed (since the incident in Japan). I thought this needed to be settled as quickly as possible. But currently, Chinese authorities are continuing their investigation," Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said. Ten people suffered pesticide poisoning in December and January in Japan after eating the frozen dumplings imported from China, while thousands more complained about feeling ill. A Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said Beijing had informed Tokyo that Chinese people who ate dumplings also fell ill in June. "It is true that food poisoning caused by dumplings occurred in June in China," he quoted the Chinese government as saying. As for Japan, "we need to continue investigating this issue, including any possible link between the incident and the food poisoning in Japan," he said. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #2 That's okay. The cardboard in the dumplings will probably soak all that pesticide right up |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-07 14:51 |
| #1 were contaminated with pesticide after leaving the country. Yup, standard operating procedure for the Chinese. We never have any defects, and if anything is wrong, then it didn't happen in China. And you're supposed to accept this explanation because the authorities are always right, and it is impossible for them to lie. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-08-07 14:26 |