Chinese Man Jailed for Poisoning Frozen Dumplings that were Later Exported to Japan

Submitted by Neeraj Shahane on Mon, 01/20/2014 - 12:54 

Chinese Man Jailed for Poisoning Frozen Dumplings that were Later Exported to Japan

After getting frustrated due to behavior of colleagues and lower wages, a Chinese man injected a highly poisonous pesticide into frozen dumplings that were later exported to Japan.
His actions caused illness to ten people in Japan, who consumed the product. Not only this, diplomatic relations of both the countries have also strained further, as both of the countries debated over where the contamination has taken place.

The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court has sentenced Lu Yueting, 39, former worker at Hebei-based factory, Tianyang Food Plant, life-term imprisonment. The incident took place in 2008 in which Lu tried to draw attention of his managers by injecting several boxes of frozen dumplings.
The boxes were later exported to Japan as well as in the Chinese city of Chengdu. After carrying out investigation for more than two years, Lu was arrested in 2010 and the trial started in 2013. It was then found that he injected methamidophos, a type of pesticide, in the dumplings.
The incident made 10 people ill including four Chinese and nine Japanese consumers. Initially, when the incident took place, Chinese security and watchdogs had blamed Japanese for the sabotage. There was a scare for Chinese food safety as well. For now, both the countries are having strained relationship over the dispute of the East China Sea.