BEIJING — China on Thursday said it had stopped production at and exports from a company whose insecticide-tainted frozen dumplings sickened 10 people in Japan, in the latest crisis to rock China’s food export business.
Officials from China’s export safety watchdog said a “speedy investigation” was being conducted into products from Tianyang Food Processing.
“We are very concerned about the health of the Japanese consumers and we hope that they will make an early recovery,” said Liu Deping, spokesman for the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
Liu said the company has been stopped from producing, selling and exporting its goods. A recall has also been issued for its products.
Telephone calls to Tianyang, based in the northern city of Jinzhou, and its parent company, Hebei Foodstuffs Import & Export Group, were not answered.
Lee ADDS: Lead paint on toys, pet foods poisoning, birth control pills poisoning, death to infants in coatins with drugs…How much more will we take before realizing, China means us no good!
