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| Subject: Rights violation: Japan raw liver lovers lament new food ban Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:39 am | |
| Japan, the home of raw fish, has banned the serving of raw liver after a series of food poisoning cases last year in which five people died and 24 became seriously ill after consuming the dish at a major restaurant chain.
The dish, raw beef liver cut into bite-sized chunks and served with onions and sauce, was taken off restaurant menus indefinitely from July 1 by Japan's Health Ministry.
'When you actually cook liver it's a bit rough, but raw it's very easy to eat,' said Mr Yoshiko Miki, a 38-year-old who rushed to Kintan, a downtown Tokyo restaurant that specialised in the dish, before the ban came into effect.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_817917.html |
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