
A Japanese woman was made ill after eating instant noodles laced with the chemical used in mothballs, a health official said on Thursday, in the latest food scare to hit the country. The woman, 67, vomited on Monday after eating the popular "Cup Noodle" snack, made by Nissin Food Products Co Ltd, said an official at a public health centre in Kanagawa prefecture, near Tokyo. The woman has since recovered. The case follows a string of food safety scandals in Japan, most recently involving products made in China. The instant noodles, however, came from a factory in Japan, a Nissin Food spokesman said...The soup was found to contain paradichlorobenzene, a substance used in mothballs, the health official said...more...