BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will "make a thorough investigation" into the frozen dumpling poisoning case, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao on Tuesday.

    "We should know what are the problems and where are the loopholes, and that is the responsible attitude toward the consumers," he said.

    According to earlier Japanese media reports, nearly 300 people have sought medical treatment, with one girl in serious condition, since a Japanese company last week said that frozen meat dumplings produced at the Tianyang Food Plant in Hebei Province, north China, contained insecticide.

    The Japanese media's concern on this issue was understandable, Liu said, stressing that a scientific perspective and staying calm are needed to deal with the issue with a responsible attitude toward the consumers.

    China attached great importance to this issue, Liu said, adding that the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) sent a special team to make the investigation and publicize the results phase by phase.

    A Chinese team arrived in Japan on Sunday. A Japanese team was also in Hebei Province to investigate this case. Up to now, no methamidophos was detected in the samples of the Chinese dumplings, Liu said, quoting Hebei provincial bureau of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine sources as saying.

China, Japan talk dumpling poisoning case in Beijing

    BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Japanese officials began a close-door talk Tuesday morning in Beijing on the frozen dumpling poisoning case.

    The Japanese officials, totaling four, are from Japan's Foreign Ministry, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry and the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry.  Full story

Chinese, Japanese officials resume talks over food poisoning case

    TOKYO, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Japanese experts team met for the second time Monday at the Japanese Cabinet Office over a food poisoning case involving Chinese-made frozen dumplings.

    The Chinese side will continue to work closely with the Japanese counterparts in the working-level discussions to find the real reason behind the pesticide contamination, Chinese embassy officials said.  Full story

China to send experts to Japan to probe into dumpling poisoning

    BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- China will send an expert team to Japan on Saturday to help investigate a food poisoning incident involving Chinese-made frozen dumplings, the country's top quality watchdog said.

    Team members were from the Commerce Ministry, Certification and Accreditation Administration, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine and a local entry-exit quarantine bureau, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said in a statement.  Full story

No pesticide detected in samples of Chinese dumplings exported to Japan

    SHIJIAZHUANG, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Tests on Chinese-made dumplings suspected of causing a food poisoning outbreak in Japan passed a local inspection, a quarantine chief said on Saturday afternoon.

    The dumplings were suspected to contain methamidophos. Since 2004, China had banned the use of the pesticide substance on all fruit and vegetable crops.  Full story