CHINESE dumpling maker suspends production over mysterious food poisoning in Japan - (Xinhua News Agency (China))
February 2, 2008 – 5:12 pmShijiazhuang — A producer of frozen dumplings in north China’s Hebei Province has, according to this story, suspended production over suspicions that its dumpling exports to Japan could have caused a mysterious food poisoning outbreak.
Officials with Hebei Provincial Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau were cited as saying Tianyang Food Co. halted production on Wednesday afternoon and its products are being recalled.
Company sources are not immediately available for comment.
At least 10 people in Japan’s Hyogo and Chiba prefectures reported stomach ache, vomiting or diarrhoea after eating the dumplings, according to Japanese media.
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