Japanese and Chinese food safety officials to discuss tainted Chinese dumpling case

Chinese officials were due to arrive in Tokyo on Sunday afternoon for discussions with Japanese authorities, said Masaki Ichikawa, an official from Japan's Cabinet Office.

The meeting comes after China's product safety agency announced Saturday that tests on the ingredients of dumplings made by a Chinese company found none of the insecticide cited by Japanese authorities.

Japanese authorities say dumplings made by the Chinese company, Tianyang Food Processing Ltd., were contaminated with methamidophos.

Chinese experts tested 30 ingredients in dumplings from the same batch as those exported to Japan and found no trace of methamidophos, said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

Japanese investigators found a tiny hole in a dumpling bag recovered from a sickened family, suggesting the food may have been deliberately contaminated.

Japan's government has confirmed at least 10 people were sickened after eating the dumplings.

More than 900 people informed health authorities they got ill after eating products made by Tianyang as of Saturday afternoon, according to the Health Ministry. Eight people were hospitalized, though none with pesticide poisoning.

The dumpling incident prompted many stores and restaurants to stop offering Chinese products.

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