The Poisoned Dumpling Blame Game
The investigation into pesticide-tainted frozen Chinese-made gyoza has yet to find a definite culprit, but the Chinese government seems sure that the poisoning took place in Japan:
The Chinese authorities, speaking on Thursday after a four-week investigation of the plant where the dumplings were made, gave their strongest statement yet that the manufacturer or Chinese individuals were not responsible for the poisoning.
Yu Xinmin, a senior official with the Ministry of Public Security, said that “after careful investigation and tests, we believe there is little chance that methamidophos [the pesticide] was put into dumplings in China”. However, he would not say if he thought the poison was added in Japan.
At the same news conference, Wei Chuanzhong, a senior official with China’s quality and safety regulator, said sabotage was the most likely cause: “We conclude that the dumpling poisoning incident is an individual contrived case instead of a case of food safety resulting from pesticide residue.” The factory, its suppliers and transport companies had all been investigated.
Japanese police have said it is unlikely the dumplings were poisoned in Japan as the pesticide is banned in the country and traces of it have been found in some intact packages.
The Yomiuri article about this includes mention of Chinese claims that experiments were conducted that prove the pesticide can seep into packages under “certain conditions such as appropriate temperature.” Japanese police have demanded the evidence to back up their claims.
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No matter where the poisoning took place, there were QC checks in place with Japanese inspectors at the plant in China, and again more inspectors when the products were imported into Japan. I don’t know who actually poisoned the gyoza, but some of these QC inspectors need to be fired.
………..there was a man in china who made dumplings from card board and sold them to his costumers no one could tell the difference…..people need money over there…its obvious they will do anything for it even if goods are bad……look at the America led paint toy scare.