Japan to Sign Food Safety Deal with China

Japan is planning to sign a bilateral food safety agreement with China to resume food export/import activities.

The deal would allow mutual on-site inspections of processing facilities for food exports to ensure food safety.

Japan expects the agreement to be completed in early May.

The initiative follows the detention of a Chinese man allegedly involved in poisoning frozen dumplings in Japan two years ago.

The dumplings, which left ten Japanese people sick, caused a food safety scare between the countries.