Over 450 feel ill, gov't to do its utmost over food poisoning

Over 450 feel ill, gov't to do its utmost over food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - A notice put up at a restaurant in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Jan. 31 tells customers it has stopped offering food products imported from China. The number of people who have complained of illness after eating gyoza dumplings or other products made by a Chinese producer has reached 457 in 35 prefectures in Japan, while the government vowed utmost efforts to deal with the food poisoning.

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