PHILIPPINES: BFAD SHOULD CHECK ON SAFETY OF GYOZA DUMPLINGS
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
(PDP-Laban) today asked the Bureau of Food and Drugs
(BFAD) to check if Gyoza Dumplings are being sold in
the local market to ascertain if are safe to eat.
Pimentel made the request in view of reports of
widespread food poisoning in Japan caused by eating
Gyoza Dumplings, prompting supermarket and shopping
mall owners to pull them out from their grocery
shelves.
Japanese Health and Food Authorities discovered that a
pesticide called methamidophos was found in the Gyoza
Dumplings imported from the Tianyang Food in China.
“I ask our food and drugs authorities to check the
safety of Gyoza Dumplings that are reportedly imported
from China. People in Japan are in uproar for more
than a week now over the poisoning incidents,”
Pimentel said.
He stressed that the dumplings should be thoroughly
examined before these are distributed and sold in the
market to ensure that they will not endanger human
health.
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