Japan tainted food, More than 350 people have been sickened across Japan after eating frozen food products that may have been tainted with a pesticide, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.
Food maker Maruha Nichiro
Holdings began recalling 6.4 million packages of various frozen foods on
Dec. 29, saying it found some were tainted by high levels of
pesticides. The company has received hundreds of thousands of calls
about the problem.
"The
products will have a strong smell and eating them may cause vomiting
and stomach pain," it said in the notice, which included 51 color photos
of the problem products.
NHK
said information from local governments showed 356 people suffered
vomiting, diarrhea and other problems after eating items subject to the
recall. But it was not clear if consumption of the tainted products was
directly responsible for the illnesses, NHK said.
Tokyo-based
Maruha Nichiro says it has retrieved about 1.1 million packages subject
to the recall so far. Last week, it issued a formal apology and
appealed to consumers not to eat any of the affected products. Police
are investigating how the items were contaminated with the pesticide
malathion, reportedly by up to 2.6 million times the allowable limit.
Malathion
is a pesticide used in farming and gardening and also to kill fleas on
animals and people. At high enough concentrations, it can cause death,
according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
There have
been no reports of life-threatening illnesses from Maruha's products,
but the contamination has further shaken public confidence undermined by
various food quality scandals.
Late
last year a slew of top-notch hotels and department stores apologized
after it was found that some of the items they were selling were
actually cheaper substitutes.
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