Tag - food-safety

 
 

FOOD SAFETY

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 22, 2019
A decade later, China's lethal infant milk scandal leaves a legacy of distrust
More than a decade after tainted infant milk powder in China killed six children and exposed institutional neglect of food safety, Chinese parents still don't trust local companies to feed their babies.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2017
Muji Shanghai shops cleared of unsafe food claims lodged by show
Shanghai government inspectors said they found no evidence to support a Chinese television show's claim that Muji retail stores in the city stocked food imported from areas of Japan allegedly contaminated by radiation. The CCTV show allegations dragged the chain's stock down Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Feb 19, 2017
Fukushima peach exports recover in Southeast Asia, sparking hope for other produce
Fukushima peaches are making inroads into Southeast Asian markets in what prefectural officials see as a model case of recovery in its farm produce.
Japan Times
JAPAN / REVISITING 3/11
Mar 10, 2016
Fukushima researcher says region still 'stigmatized' by 2011 disaster
Hiroshi Kainuma thinks a lot about Fukushima. He's written a number of books and held hundreds of lectures on the crisis since 2012, but these days, he's concerned with the public's perception of his hometown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2015
Raw pork liver fans say goodbye to banned sashimi
Fans of raw pork liver savored their last chance to taste the dish on Thursday night as they expressed mixed feelings on the arrival of a new food safety regulation Friday that bans eateries from serving pork sashimi.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2015
Gulf spill veteran offers fishing advice to Tohoku
Traceability was key to easing consumer fears after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and that could offer Tohoku's struggling fishermen a way to deal with the Fukushima nuclear disaster, says the Texas fisherman who took the initiative in introducing the system.
EDITORIALS
May 27, 2015
New food labeling requires care
Consumers must remember that the government does not guarantee the effects and safety of food products certified as having enhanced health-boosting properties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
May 17, 2015
Despite rumors, Fukushima food safety concerns ease inside prefecture
Some 78.1 percent of Fukushima residents bought local food goods in fiscal 2014 rather than produce harvested in other prefectures, up about 10 percentage points from the year before, a survey conducted by the prefectural consumers' group association shows.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2015
Another foreign object turns up in McDonald's chicken nugget, this time in Tokyo
Chicken nugget woes are apparently expanding at McDonald's Japan outlets, as the chain has admitted another incident in which an inedible object was found in a nugget, this time at a shop in Tokyo, NHK and other media reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 2, 2014
Fast-food follies have media in a frenzy
Almost exactly a year ago (on July 27, 2013), this column reported on how the print media was inundated with concerns over the safety of foods from abroad. Among the sources cited was Takarajima magazine, which quoted a foodstuffs importer as saying, "The decline of morals due to the pursuit of profits...

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