Comments on: Saizeriya pizzas contained toxic chemical melamine

By: Adamu

Adamu — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:58:40 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I needed a quick description of this scandal.

It was more than a year ago but it’s a helpful description of the historical record that you wouldn’t find on Wikipedia (and you never know when the news media will delete its articles).

You might be interested to know that, like most companies affected by the Chinese imported food scandals of 2008, consumers have forgotten all about it and are buying Chinese imports in droves again. At the time I remember seeing extremely detailed reports of the supply chain and Chinese factories freaking out about safety, but you gotta wonder if there were any lasting improvements or if the media and regulators just stopped caring.

By: What to Eat » San Francisco Chronicle: Melamine

What to Eat » San Francisco Chronicle: Melamine — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:13:26 +0000

[...] as the cause of death of 1,500 raccoon “dogs” (animals raised for fur in China) and in pizzas in Japan. There seems no end to ingenious uses for making food and feed appear to have more protein than [...]

By: chris

chris — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:38:17 +0000

Well if it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger right?

By: Rated R

Rated R — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:23:12 +0000

Uhhh… ok SAIZERIYA this means also all the other chains that are part of this company??? Jonathon’s, Skylark, Gusto —they are all the same company, aren’t they? Food is all the same.

By: tzvete

tzvete — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:51:47 +0000

Not Saizeriya!I like that restaurant because it’s a perfect combination of european and japanese style.Really sorry to hear that.Isn’t any chance it’s only a nasty trick by some rivals?

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:11:05 +0000

I ate their 2 weeks ago and did get a stomach ache. Maybe this was why.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:30:59 +0000

My precious cheese focaccia!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Oh, how I will miss your 189 yenned garlic encrusted fluffy bread. But the time has come for us to part, for your powdered milk content will be the end of me.

By: LB

LB — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:11:18 +0000

True, but if that local Italian restaurant was using powdered milk from China….

And considering how much of the food in Japan comes from China, the odds would probably be pretty good that even the local non-chain restaurants are using Chinese ingredients.

By: Jeshii

Jeshii — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:45:21 +0000

Ewww… I love Saizeriya, that’s too bad. While they are good, proves chain stores are bad. There’s so much good local Italian in Japan.