Pesticide residue in frozen food products

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Kushiro, president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., bows in apology at a press conference in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 31, 2013. Aqlifoods Co., Maruha's subsidiary based in Gunma Prefecture, said the same day that pesticide residue found in some of its frozen food products could sicken a child who consumed just one-eighth of a croquette, dramatically revising its previous estimate of 60 croquettes comprising a toxic dose.

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