Even the Japanese buy food from China --and get poisoned!

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This is from February, but I don't think it was reported here.

"Friday, Feb. 15, 2008

Pesticide in 'gyoza' poisoned only 10
Kyodo News

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.

None, other than the 10, has been recognized as suffering from chemical poisoning, health officials said Thursday.



Experts said that if patients had consumed only minute doses of pesticide, doctors would have probably reached a diagnosis of food poisoning and would not have conducted tests for organophosphates.

"We took a particularly detailed look at cases in which patients were hospitalized and have concluded that no one else other than the 10 people suffered from organophosphate poisoning," the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry announced.

Authorities have not been able to determine how the toxic organophosphate insecticide methamidophos made its way into the packages of dumplings consumed by the 10 people."

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