Shipments of pesticide-ridden, rotting rice, intended for use in glue factories, have ended up in the human food chain, principally as ingredients for brewing the national tipple. In the past week more than a million bottles of shochu and saké - drinks made from rice - have been recalled over safety fears.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Japan Recalls 1 Million Bottles of Sake and Shochu
The rice-based liquors could be contaminated with tainted rice. Here's a bit of the news blurb:
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But to complain is simply a gross interference with the internal sovereignty of China. And an example of the BBC's continued misrepresentation of Tibet and China as well as a continuation of the Opium Wars.
See now the government of China doesn't even have to complain about the West's reaction. Already taken care of!
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