Japan:
3-star restaurant recalls bacteria-tainted beans
Source of Article: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20081125TDY02309.htm
The Yomiuri Shimbun
A three-Michelin star restaurant has voluntarily
recalled jars of a black soybean product after a toxic
bacteria was detected in several jars of the luxury food, it was
learned Monday.
Bacillus cereus, a bacteria
that can cause food poisoning, was detected in jars of Kuromame
Binzume sold by Kagurazaka
Ishikawa, a high-class Japanese restaurant in Kagurazaka,
Tokyo.
No reports have been made of consumers being sickened
by the beans.
The product was made on license from Kagurazaka Ishikawa at the Kobe factory of Osaka-based food processor Tsukezen Shoten, the restaurant
said.
The bacteria was found in items with an expiry date of
Dec. 30, 31 and Jan. 1., with 120 jars having been
shipped to date.
The product is mainly sold at the Takashimaya
department store's Tokyo
outlet in Nihonbashi, Chuo Ward, as a year-end oseibo gift or at gourmet events.
(Nov.
25, 2008)
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