Japan bread recalled after rat parts found inside packs

Pasco Shikishima Corp said it was so far unaware of anyone falling sick after eating its processed white “chojuku” bread. - The Japan News/ANN

TOKYO: More than 100,000 packets of sliced bread have been recalled in Japan after parts of a black rat's body were discovered inside two of them, the manufacturer said on Wednesday (May 8).

Food recalls are rare in Japan, a country with famously high standards of sanitation, and Pasco Shikishima Corporation said it was investigating how the rodent remains had crept in to its products.