Pesticide detected in rice consumed at Kyoto nursery

Saturday 13th September, 06:32 AM JST

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chibaman at 07:19 AM JST - 13th September

13 kilograms of the rice...170 people consume most of it over 8 minutes, sorry I mean 8 months...number with health complaints (note: not the number who raced to hospital only to be given a sedative to calm down) - zero. Settle down Japan you've gone friggin insane. The ag minister dared to say the same yesterday, here comes trouble. All you mothers with too much time congregating on the morning block, go and give your streets or your local raamen box a clean if you're really worried about your child's health. What a load of crap this latest 'scandal' is.
fatloser at 07:32 AM JST - 13th September

This is CHINESE rice, so they're all excited. If'n it was JAPANESE rice it would have been kept secret! More fraud and deception practiced by the purveyors of fine food stuffs. Is this Misawa a subsidiary of Snow Brand or Fujiya?
Dogdog at 07:57 AM JST - 13th September

This is CHINESE rice, so they're all excited. If'n it was JAPANESE rice it would have been kept secret!

What a silly statement. Any parent would have been excited if their child was being fed poisoned foods, no matter where the poisoned food came from.

The laughable parts on NHK news was that no illnesses had been reported because of consuming the rice.

Drrrrrrr, someone should explain to NHK that methamidophos is catagenic and causes long term illnesses in people and only effects people immediately, if they come into direct contact with it.

Has anyone else over their years in Japan noticed the unusual patterns of cancers in Japan? By my layman's estimate, cancer is mainly a disease of the young and elderly. However in Japan, the number of Japanese between the ages of 25-35, that I have known who have had cancer is quite frightening......

Maybe we now have the reason...
smithinjapan at 09:24 AM JST - 13th September

Curious why this isn't in the crime section, and these people not in jail.
some14some at 09:47 AM JST - 13th September

Mentioning CHINESE rice or Mikasa Foods is irrelevant, The fact is Japanese government bought rice from overseas and sold them to local market through dealers/brokers/agents whatever...This is how people have come in contact with contaminated rice. Consuming millions of tons and saying no health risk....good, if true.

The laughable parts on NHK news was that no illnesses had been reported because of consuming the rice.

It is same as saying 'i smoke one pack or one carton of cig and no illness was found'
MPNiea at 12:47 PM JST - 13th September

Amazing how American and Japanese officials just allow China a free pass whenever they cause an international incident, specifically poisoning thousands of innocent people.
BBLeo at 01:44 PM JST - 13th September

And that is not all. China had withdrawn the 'BABY POWDER' milk. Is Japan also suffering from 'SINOPHOBIA?' SINO IS WORLD MASTER OF ECONOMY, AND NO ONE CAN OVERIDE THEM.'
smithinjapan at 03:42 PM JST - 13th September

"Amazing how American and Japanese officials just allow China a free pass whenever they cause an international incident, specifically poisoning thousands of innocent people."

Ummm... who's giving WHOM a free pass? Seems it's the Japanese government giving the idiots responsible for selling the rice for consumption a free pass!
serindipity at 06:05 PM JST - 13th September

I cannot believe how naive most of these posts are! Some people are even daft enough to blame China for this. Geez! I fail to see what relevance the origins of this rice has to do with the scandal nor the fact nobody has become immediately ill. There is only one relevant point to this whole scandal - Mikasa foods bought poisoned rice very cheap and sold it for a major profit while being fully aware it was not fit for human consumption. The long term health effects of this poison and how many people have been exposed to it may never be fully known.
lipscombe at 06:44 PM JST - 13th September

why are people blaming China? open your eyes and ears
Triple888 at 09:26 PM JST - 13th September

It's a fact that in all of today's foods, especially growth types, there are pesticides and other toxic substances in magnitude of parts-per-millions. These have entered into the food chain since the introduction of using chemicals to control food growth and quality. It's just sinophobia all I see. Like I said before, Japan should grow their own food and see how long they can survive for.
zurcronium at 09:56 PM JST - 13th September

how can the owners of this company live with themselves? Selling poison rice to kids.

They should go to jail and have their diet limited to rice and water. Their poisoned rice.
romulus3 at 02:20 AM JST - 14th September

I don't care what anyone says. If some one exposed my son to risk via corruption, there is hell to pay. Hell to pay. No one exposes my son to risk for the sake of profit. If he did not get sick but there was risk based on corruption then I demand satisfaction and if I do not get it, I certainly will retrieve it myself. This is not bravado. I would put my money where my mouth is. This evil against children will not stand.