Melamine scare prompts some Japanese firms to end Chinese milk imports

Wednesday 24th September, 11:39 PM JST

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fatloser at 12:15 PM JST - 25th September

There is the innovative Japan that exports products and then there is the primeval Japan that is unable to modernize. Japan could solve several social problems and breath life into declining rural areas by modernizing it's farming laws and practices.
dennis0bauer at 03:39 PM JST - 25th September

typical overreaction again, ever heard of sampling and testing?
Zybster at 03:54 PM JST - 25th September

dennis0bauer, it's interesting to see that action of some countries are called "prevention" and of others "overreaction." Please, take a look at this link and notice that the whole world is very, very cautious about the Chinese products, yet action taken by the Japanese government is called "typical overreaction"

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080925/aponreas/aschinataintedmilk_14
OssanULTRA at 06:56 AM JST - 26th September

Have the insurance companies globally figured out that they could sell "Made in China Insurance" yet?

Anyway, this is hardly overreaction. In fact, that they haven't banned them completely as other countries have done makes it an underreaction.