Pesticides found in Chinese beans

  • 15/10/2008

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday ordered retailers to pull frozen green beans imported from China off the shelves after a woman fell ill eating them, the health ministry said. The woman felt numb in her mouth on Sunday after eating a dish using frozen green beans from China which she had bought at a Tokyo supermarket, a health ministry official said. She went to hospital and was released with no apparent health problems after an overnight check, the official said. The health ministry instructed retailers and importers nationwide to suspend sales of the beans from the Chinese supplier