2 feel sick after checking taste of bean jam from China

Saturday 20th September, 06:50 AM JST

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Nessie at 11:01 AM JST - 20th September

What is bean jam?

Beans, usually azuki, sweetened and boiled.

It's the only j-food that makes me feel sick. Shio kara, okay. Tuna eyeball, okay. Natto, okay. Bean jam, goosebumps and gagging. Nasty stuff.
tclh at 11:18 AM JST - 20th September

From what I read,there was only 0NE bag of bean jam is nasty, the rest were OK.Sabotage?
fatloser at 11:32 AM JST - 20th September

They want to "CASH IN" on the hysteria. Both will demand money from the company who sold the jam. It's called extortion.
OssanULTRA at 11:50 AM JST - 20th September

Look at that... zero facts at all except that a couple got sick, and >already people are linking China to poison AGAIN.

That's right smith. China has developed a horrible reputation for quality control that has caused problems, not only in Japan but the United States and Central America. Pet food, Lead in paint, toothpaste, dumplings, and now milk in China itself. If anything is poisonous, toxic, kills or hurts anyone and it's "made in China" red flags are going to go up. Hell, Skorea even had problems with China. This isn't some media creation, it's real. So you might as well as get used to it.
OssanULTRA at 11:58 AM JST - 20th September

Beans, usually azuki, sweetened and boiled.

Nessie

Isn't that they call anko? Bean jam sounds like a rapper.
projectaw11 at 12:02 PM JST - 20th September

chinese exports to japan should be completely cut off... nothing but low quality is produced in china
Thenewfront at 12:19 PM JST - 20th September

chinese exports to japan should be increased...nothing but top quality is produced in china
Nessie at 12:47 PM JST - 20th September

Yeah:

an, anko, shiroan
sweetsntreats2 at 01:12 PM JST - 20th September

Wow, you people really hate Japan, don't you? It's fun to guess how any said story will be spun into Japan-hate by the commenters. China has many food problems and general problems with poor quality or dangerous oversights on many products (anyone remember all the lead and poisonous TOYS sent to America). So guess what, "China, China China, bad, bad, bad" is correct. Do you mean to suggest that because Japan has had some food realted scandals that they should lower food standards on imports? I don't understand that. Furthermore, 4 babies have died in a week from POISON BABY MILK in China. How many have even gotten sick from the rice scandal in Japan? Oh yeah, zero. You can't compare the two incidents equally. If the commenters feel so negatively about life in Japan and a paranoia that the Japanese people are out to sabatoge and deceive you at every turn, why continue to live there? I don't understand the hate. Sure, every society has its problems and they should be addressed but some people here seem to continually post opinions that suggest Japan and its people are innately evil and immoral. I don't think that is true.
dammit at 01:52 PM JST - 20th September

Smithinjapan

Here we have people getting sick, and in NO WAY is it proven to be the fault of the jam, and already it's nation-wide panic.

Where's the panic?

It's normal to be suspicious, not only of Chinese products but Japanese, US, etc. products too. Any food scare makes you more wary in future. But I see no panic. Maybe you live in a area where all the people are running around throwing out their "bean jam" and screaming for help, but I don't.
Pukey2 at 03:04 PM JST - 20th September

There's no doubt that a lot of improvements need to be done in China, but as some have said, the Japanese (and others) seem to think that everything coming out of that country is poisonous, and all the while thinking their own products or way of doing things are better. I have yet to hear of anybody being arrested for the rice fiasco in Japan. What happened here was just as serious as the milk problem in China, in terms of pure evilness and greed. The only difference is that, in China, people are being arrested and heads will roll.

Is this story somehow going to shift the limelight away from the rice problem?
gogogo at 04:03 PM JST - 20th September

They should sue the company if they are required to taste possibly deadly food like that!
sweetsntreats2 at 04:23 PM JST - 20th September

Saying the rice problem in Japan is just as serious as the milk problem in China is akin to saying punching someone is just as serious a crime as murdering them. And trust me, I lived and worked with Japanese companies and factories for 10 years and now live and work with Chinese ones. Japanese products and ways of doing things ARE better than Chinese. Chinese factories are not motivated in the least by environmentalism, morality, safety, or compassion to workers.
NetteMarie at 04:46 PM JST - 20th September

Maybe they were just allergic to the jam. Shouldn't they do a controlled test or a chemical test?

I mean people have been eating tainted rice for years probably. This could just be a plot to give Japanese people super genetics. If we can eat toxins, we can live to be 113 years old. I say join the movement for super genes.
Pukey2 at 10:28 PM JST - 20th September

sweets:

Saying the rice problem in Japan is just as serious as the milk problem in China is akin to saying punching someone is just as serious a crime as murdering them.

Bull. The outcome was different, I'll admit that. But the motivation was the SAME! Pure greed and selfishness - fully aware that food had poisonous chemicals and allowing others to consume them. Japanese products on the whole are better, but the Japanese act as if they're perfect. And when domestic problems occur, apologies follow, companies change names (Note: Snowbrand -> Megmilk, after people fell sick from drinkin rotten milk) and things are forgotten and forgiven. All the while, assuming that ALL Chinese produce are poisonous. One isolated gyoza incident, and the whole Chinese import industry collapses. Vegetables had nothing to do with gyoza. And then we have the idiot agricultural minister (ex minister) playing down the rice problem, by saying it wasn't as serious as the gyoza incident, which has NOTHING to do with this rice problem. Being safer than the Chinese is NOT saying much. I'd prefer the Japanese companies to be honest and their products safe, period. No comparisons please.