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TVBS Updated: October 15, 2008 13:24
A health center in Tokyo, Japan, announced yesterday that a package of imported frozen green beans from mainland China was found to contain the organophosphate pesticide "dichlorvos" at levels nearly 35,000 times the standard limit. This caused a woman to experience numbness in her lips and chest tightness, leading to her hospitalization. The importer and supermarkets quickly recalled the product, and the Japanese government is investigating how such a high concentration of pesticide ended up in the frozen green beans.
A 56-year-old woman living in Tokyo felt extremely unwell after consuming the frozen green beans shown in the image and was rushed to the hospital. Hachioji Health Center: "She experienced numbness around her mouth, specifically her lips, and chest tightness." Tests revealed that this batch of frozen green beans imported from Shandong, China, not only contained residues of the organophosphate pesticide "dichlorvos" but also at a shocking level—34,600 times the standard limit. Although this is currently the only reported case, the Japanese government issued an emergency notice urging the public to avoid consuming this imported frozen green beans and ordered a halt to their sale. The news has once again alarmed Japanese citizens. A Japanese citizen: "With children at home, food safety issues are the most frightening."
The importer "Nichirei" and the supermarket "Ito-Yokado" promptly apologized to the public and immediately initiated a full recall and removal of the product from shelves. Following the incident of toxic dumplings from China in January this year, pesticide residues of dichlorvos were also found in dumplings in Fukushima Prefecture in February.
Dichlorvos is commonly used as a pesticide and household insecticide. Since the packaging of the problematic green beans was intact, in addition to further testing of the same product in stores, Japanese police are also investigating how such a high concentration of pesticide could have contaminated the food.
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Woman Hospitalized after Numbness from Eating Chinese Green Beans
A health center in Tokyo, Japan, announced yesterday that a package of imported frozen green beans from mainland China was found to contain the organophosphate pesticide "dichlorvos" at levels nearly 35,000 times the standard limit. This caused a woman to experience numbness in her lips and chest tightness, leading to her hospitalization. The importer and supermarkets quickly recalled the product, and the Japanese government is investigating how such a high concentration of pesticide ended up in the frozen green beans.
A 56-year-old woman living in Tokyo felt extremely unwell after consuming the frozen green beans shown in the image and was rushed to the hospital. Hachioji Health Center: "She experienced numbness around her mouth, specifically her lips, and chest tightness." Tests revealed that this batch of frozen green beans imported from Shandong, China, not only contained residues of the organophosphate pesticide "dichlorvos" but also at a shocking level—34,600 times the standard limit. Although this is currently the only reported case, the Japanese government issued an emergency notice urging the public to avoid consuming this imported frozen green beans and ordered a halt to their sale. The news has once again alarmed Japanese citizens. A Japanese citizen: "With children at home, food safety issues are the most frightening."
The importer "Nichirei" and the supermarket "Ito-Yokado" promptly apologized to the public and immediately initiated a full recall and removal of the product from shelves. Following the incident of toxic dumplings from China in January this year, pesticide residues of dichlorvos were also found in dumplings in Fukushima Prefecture in February.
Dichlorvos is commonly used as a pesticide and household insecticide. Since the packaging of the problematic green beans was intact, in addition to further testing of the same product in stores, Japanese police are also investigating how such a high concentration of pesticide could have contaminated the food.
Source: http://tw. news. yahoo. com/ article/ url/ d/ a/ 081015/ 8/ 17od7. html