China's quality authority springs to action; finds problems with Japanese food imports

While others have been wondering what the Chinese FDA's been up to, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has been busy at work — conducting vigilant checks on food imported from overseas to ensure food quality for China's 1.3 billion people. They've just announced that soy sauce and wasabi imported from three Japanese producers have been found to be tainted with toluene and ethyl acetate. So, relax guys! China is not the only one with food safety problems. Developed nations such as Japan regularly poison their own people too.