Japan, China Head Off a Dumpling War

Bite-sized potstickers are popular in Japan, but rarely are they food for political debate.
Since December, frozen gyoza (meat dumplings) produced by Chinese manufacturer Tianyang Food Processing Ltd. have caused at least 10 people to become ill due to contamination by a potentially lethal insecticide.
The poisonings have fueled not only mounting suspicion of Chinese food products but also a political kitchen fire that threatens to singe relations between the two countries.

The food poisonings were announced on Jan. 30 by Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, a month after the first case was reported to a prefectural government.
Ten people fell ill in Chiba and Hyogo prefectures during December and January and according to the Health Ministry, 3,742 people have contacted health officials with inquiries or reports of illness after eating gyoza.
The initial 10 cases, however, are the only ones confirmed to be caused by ingesting the pesticide, methamidophos, which is not allowed in Japan and was banned in China at the beginning of this year.

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