date:Jan 10, 2014
2 million are still unaccounted for.
Police are now investigating the companys plant in eastern Japan, and Japanese media report that police suspect the malathion was mixed into products there.
We test products several times a day for evidence of spoilage, based on the law, but we had no reason to believe pesticides would be present, so we didnt test for that, Ichiro Gohara, a spokesman for the company told Bloomberg News.
Symptoms of the poisoning include vomiting and diarrhea, and customers