Aso: Japanese Food Producers Should Thank China

Not much drama here. What he is saying is the basic truth of the matter, despite the messenger’s obvious nationalism.

What’s interesting here though is that I’ve also heard on various programs that the reason that Japan uses Chinese food production (in addition to the low cost) is because it’s actually very safe. They have some kind of specialized production process not found anywhere in the world that makes it easy to monitor how the food is being produced. Based on this and on other reports about strange “needle-sized” holes found in some of the bags, there is probably more to this than just the low-quality Chinese production that the media is focusing on.
I wouldn’t go as far as to say that I would completely rely on the safety of Chinese food based on their previoius track record, but trusting the media in this case is probably a bad idea as well. I’d be willing to bet that lots of these food poisoning cases can be explained by people rushing into the hospital out of fear and not actual sickness.

Good thing there weren’t a slough of Japanese food scandals or Aso would look like an idiot.