In the latest in a series of food scares involving pesticides in packaged goods, Nissin Food Products has issued a product recall after a customer fell sick from eating Nissin-branded Cup Noodle.

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The Japanese firm has now voluntarily recalled about 500,000 noodle cups produced yesterday (23 October).


 


Tests detected the presence of the pesticide paradichlorobenzene.

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Nissin denies that the Japanese factory where the noodles were produced could have been contaminated.


 


The company said it is continuing investigations into the possible source of the contamination.

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