Good news: Dumplings from China are not contaminated with lead

[moshquerade]

Chinese dumplings contain insecticide

January 30, 2008 09:09pm

TEN people have fallen ill in Japan with a girl in a serious condition after eating dumplings from China that contained insecticide, police said today, warning they could press criminal charges.
The scare was breaking news shortly before dinner time in Japan, with national television broadcasting a live press conference in which distributor JT Foods said it was recalling the dumplings.

"We pray for the early recovery of those whose health was affected,'' Mutsuo Iwai, an executive at cigarette giant Japan Tobacco, of which JT Foods is a subsidiary, said.

"We sincerely apologise for the trouble.''

Ten people, including a mother and her four children, fell ill in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo and western Hyogo prefecture after eating "gyoza'' dumplings, local police said.

At least five of them were still in hospital after suffering vomiting, stomach aches or diarrhoea. A five-year-old girl was reported to be in a serious condition.

Chinese-made products, ranging from seafood to car tyres and toys, were at the centre of a series of global safety scandals and recalls last year.

Japan is heavily reliant on food imports and counts China as its second largest supplier after the United States.

But a number of Japanese companies have also come under fire in recent months over food safety, mostly false labelling of expired products, in cases that had no link to China.

The gyoza, which historically originated in China but is one of Japan's most popular foods, is a steamed dumpling, generally with ground meat inside.

JT Foods said an insecticide called methamidophos was found in the dumplings.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0...4341-23109,00.html?Gee

 

[meltdown75]

good thing i'm not in Japan eating Chinese dumplings.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
good thing i'm not in Japan eating Chinese dumplings.

you aren't? and here i thought. . . . .

 

[Nitemare]

whew, that's a relief...

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
whew, that's a relief...

*hands Nitemare some tp*

 

[Eli]

Who the fsck would import food from China?

:Q

That's scary.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Nitemare
whew, that's a relief...

*hands Nitemare some tp*

*hands it back afterwards*

 

[zinfamous]

eh...just another salvo in the eternal China and Japan hate each other match.

this was probably a "mistake"

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Eli
Who the fsck would import food from China?

:Q

That's scary.

The U.S. imports food from China.

shrimp, fruit bits, spices, to name a few.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Eli
Who the fsck would import food from China?

:Q

That's scary.

I actually have a big ass bag of rice and some dumplings that I'm pretty sure came from china..

 

[warmodder]

I like how they apologize for the trouble as if eating insecticide is as bothersome as a telemarketer.

 

[jjones]

The thread title made me lol.

 

[maddogchen]

buy American! bahhaha

Whats sad is sometimes you don't even know the ingredients are coming from China. peanuts in your snickers bar? thats probably from China.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Eli
Who the fsck would import food from China?

:Q

That's scary.

dude, there is ALOT now,
my parents couple weeks ago, bought some "treetop" apple juice and the tiny print said "concentrate from china" or something.

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

I think I had some of these when I was in China recently. They were delicious.

I love how everyone in America is so "aware" of the "dangers" now. Like the buy American campaign is ever going to work. It's our good ol' American companies that give the Chinese sweatshop 50 cents to make a dollar item. Welcome to capitalism friends. Now quit complaining cause you know you aren't going to stop buying stuff. *sarcasm*

 

[rh71]

gyo... something brand... umm, gy = graveyard... I can remember that... ok, I'll be right back after checking my freezer.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
I think I had some of these when I was in China recently. They were delicious.

I love how everyone in America is so "aware" of the "dangers" now. Like the buy American campaign is ever going to work. It's our good ol' American companies that give the Chinese sweatshop 50 cents to make a dollar item. Welcome to capitalism friends. Now quit complaining cause you know you aren't going to stop buying stuff. *sarcasm*

be careful you don't fall off that high horse.