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Fun / foon Tokyo
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Hairy taste soy sauce for Japan

Chinese soy sauce from human hair leaves fatal aftertaste in Japan

MDNews / November 17, 2004 Chinese soy sauce made from human hair is cancer causing and restaurants throughout Japan could be using it.... ...Fears about Chinese soy sauce were sparked by a report on Chinese TV that noted local makers were using human hair to create their condiments. Japanese soy sauce makers used to use human hair, too. "During the Pacific War (World War II), food shortages meant that the soy beans used to make sauce instead became a foodstuff and hair was gathered from barbers and used to make ersatz soy sauce," Satoshi Noguchi, the boss of Noguchi Rihatsu barbershop in Kashiwa, Chiba

Posted by trek/taro at 11:38 PM JST
Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:49 AM KDT
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