Bite-sized potstickers are popular in Japan, but rarely are they food for political debate. Since December, frozen gyoza (meat dumplings) produced by Chinese manufacturer Tianyang Food Processing Ltd. have caused at least 10 people to become ill due to contamination by a potentially lethal insecticide. The poisonings have fueled not only mounting suspicion of Chinese food products but also a political kitchen fire that threatens to singe relations between the two countries.
