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Japan Tobacco to Open Quality Control Site in China
Tokyo — Japan Tobacco Inc (JT) will be setting up a quality control center in China to improve its inspection of local companies that supply food products to the Japanese market.
This follows around ten cases of food poisoning reported by consumers of frozen dumplings imported by JT subsidiary JT Foods Co from China.
JT has plans to station quality control personnel at the new center and begin routine health and quality inspections of the suppliers' factories. In addition, JT plans to institute a unified regime of quality control standards for all facilities that supply it with frozen food products.
JT operates frozen food factories in Japan and overseas, and subcontracts production of such items to companies in China, the US, Thailand and Vietnam.
In accordance with the new standards, JT plans to check pesticide usage at farms and aims to increase tests for microbes and damage to products and packages at factories.
Imports from China made about 20% of JT's refrigerated food sales, equating to approximately 50 bn yen for 2007.
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