Over 350 sick in Japan after eating pesticide-tainted food

Over 350 sick in Japan after eating pesticide-tainted food

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 04:50 PM IST
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Sleuths enter the suspect factory. |
Sleuths enter the suspect factory.

Sleuths enter the suspect factory. |

Tokyo : More than 350 people across Japan have fallen ill after eating pesticide-contaminated frozen food produced by the nation’s largest seafood firm, reports said.

People have reported vomiting, diarrhoea and other symptoms of food poisoning after eating products including pizza and lasagne made by a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings, according to surveys carried out by national broadcaster NHK and local media. Police began investigating the company last month after it revealed that some of its frozen food had been tainted with malathion, an agricultural chemical often used to kill aphids in corn and rice fields.
NHK said that 359 people had become ill, while the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said it found the number of people who fell sick “exceeded 300”.

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