Company Ito En Japanese food day begins 11:12 recovered a large amount of the oolong tea (grown in China) of the company after the discovery of contaminated pesticides.
Ito En Co. has recalled 400,000 boxes oolong tea after detecting an amount of pesticide contamination in excess of hygiene and food safety of Japan, according to the AFP news. Ito En spokesman told AFP they started testing materials imported tea from Fujian Province (China) after one another tea maker last month also found materials imported tea from China contamination insecticides. But the spokesman confirmed that test results show that the oolong canned Ito En although contaminated pesticides but not harmful to human health, and now the company has not received any complaints from consumers. Ito En has sent a team of experts to China to investigate the material in this tea. In 2008, thousands of Japanese people ill after eating dumplings imported from China chemical contamination, according to AFP.