Korean 'garbage dumplings' banned

[Taro Toporific]

Japan bans S. Korean 'garbage dumplings'Mainichi Shimbun, Japan - June 10
.....halted all imports of South Korean dumplings following the outbreak of a case in South Korea in which businesses were found to be using "raw garbage" in dumplings.... Figures held by the Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare show that last year 864 tons of frozen dumplings were imported into Japan. ...

[Caustic Saint]

And here all this time I thought the secret ingredient was love....

[gomichild]

nah just gomi

[GomiGirl]

*snicker*

[Taro Toporific]

nah just gomi

Ahhhh yes, the gomi makes the difference.
SeeKichijoji.../welove/rubbish.html


KFDA Discloses Names of Firms Using Spoiled Food Ingredients
Korea Times, South Korea - June 10... In the wake of the food scandal, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Wednesday ordered a temporary ban on South Korean dumplings. ..

[Caustic Saint]

*snicker*

I think it's best that I not add to this...

[Taro Toporific]

*snicker*

Kyodo's Japanese News-ticker http://www.kyodo.co.jp/ is saying that
Dumpling company president suicide Korea (11:09)

Death plunge over rotten dumplings
CNN International - June 14, 2004 14:33
SEOUL, South Korea (AP)-- The head of a food company jumped to his death after a government investigation found that his company sold dumplings made with garbage ...

[Big Booger]

was it sodai or moeru?


It seems the garbage dumpling makers are suing:

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200406/13/200406132339509509900090409041.html

Forty-four dumpling makers here sued the government yesterday for financial losses stemming from the spoiled dumpling scandal, accusing the government of misleading the public about their products.
The food producers asked for a total of 270 million won ($230,000) in compensation from the government, saying, "The government's inappropriate response to the dumpling case caused us huge losses."
They said the government's press release, which said 80 percent of the domestic dumpling producers used contaminated pickled radish, caused dumpling sales to fall sharply at all dumpling makers, even those who never used the tainted ingredients.

Certainly they should be held accountable. I won't eat any dumplings for a while, unless they are homemade.

[omae mona]

Kyodo's Japanese News-ticker http://www.kyodo.co.jp/ is saying that
Dumpling company president suicide Korea (11:09)

Somebody better keep a DAMN good eye on what happens to his remains.

[nullpointer]

Somebody better keep a DAMN good eye on what happens to his remains.

[mr. sparkle]

But it's the garbage that makes 'em good!

[Caustic Saint]

Death plunge over rotten dumplings
CNN International - June 14, 2004 14:33
SEOUL, South Korea (AP)-- The head of a food company jumped to his death after a government investigation found that his company sold dumplings made with garbage ...

Why can't American businessmen do this when their companies get investigated for wrongdoing? Kenneth Lay, Bill Gates, Dick Cheney....

[Taro Toporific]

Death plunge over rotten dumplings
CNN International - June 14, 2004 14:33
SEOUL, South Korea (AP)-- The head of a food company jumped to his death after a government investigation found that his company sold dumplings made with garbage ...

Why can't American businessmen do this when their companies get investigated for wrongdoing? Kenneth Lay, Bill Gates, Dick Cheney....

Actually, he most likely committed suicide over the his debts and lawsuits, not over the shame. It was avoidance, not honor.

Just wondering:
Is Korea like Japan in that life insurance pays out for a suicide? Does committing suicide in Korea effectively blocks all lawsuits against heirs as it does in Japan?

[Taro Toporific]

Somebody better keep a DAMN good eye on what happens to his remains.

HE FAKED HIS DEATH! This is just what I would do too.

Police have yet to find the body of the man &#8212]South Korean executive leaps to death after dumpling scandal[/b]2004/6/15
SEOUL, South Korea, AP

[Caustic Saint]

[ttjereth]

And here all this time I thought the secret ingredient was love....

In a round-about sort of way it may have been.....