(TOKYO) — Bread has been removed from store shelves in Japan after the remains of “a small animal” believed to be a mouse were found.
Bread production was halted at a Tokyo factory, with 104,000 packages being recalled, according to Pasco Shikishima Corp.
The company apologized and promised compensation.
“We will do everything we can to strengthen our quality controls so this never happens again. We ask for your understanding and cooperation,” he said in a statement this week.
Japanese media reports said that at least two people who bought the bread in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, complained to the company about finding a rodent in the bread.
The bread was sold in several areas, including Ibaraki, Niigata, Kanagawa, Fukushima, Aomori and Tokyo, according to Pasco.
The company, based in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, also manufactures rolls, bagels and muffins.
Japan has relatively high food safety standards. But the country has been rocked recently by food problems, including 1,000 schoolchildren who fell ill from milk and two people who fell ill after eating steak at a restaurant, both earlier this month.
Widespread food poisoning caused by a health supplement broke out in March and killed five people.
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