Japan orders recall of pesticide rice from China
TOKYO: A company in Japan sold pesticide-tainted rice from China to snack makers, the farm ministry said Friday, ordering a recall.
The incident came amid high concern in Japan over Chinese products after frozen dumplings last year caused thousands of people to complain of sickness, with 10 hospitalised.
The farm ministry said Osaka-based Mikasa Foods in 2006 and 2007 sold a total of 295 tonnes of imported rice, which was meant exclusively for industrial use due to its excessive level of pesticide.
The ministry ordered the company to recall any pesticide-tainted rice still on the market. The pesticide was methamidophos, the same substance found in frozen dumplings in last year’s poisoning scare. The rice contained five times the allowed level of the pesticide, farm ministry official Yasuhiro Okabe said.
The glutinous rice was sent to companies that produce Japanese rice cakes and other snacks. afp
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