Marukome, a miso manufacturer headquartered in Nagano City, announced that the miso it sold contained some insects that appeared to be cockroaches, and began a voluntary recall of its products.
According to Marukome, only one product out of ``Plus Koji Raw Miso Koji Bijin 650g'' had a foreign substance mixed into it.
A customer who purchased the product on the 8th of this month informed us that there was a foreign object in it, and when they checked the product, they found some insects that appeared to be cockroaches.
Afterwards, the production line was inspected, but the route of contamination could not be determined.
Marukome is voluntarily recalling ``Plus Koji Raw Miso Koji Bijin 650g'' and ``Plus Koji Raw Miso Koji Bijin 325g'' which were manufactured on the same line on the same day, and over 100,000 items have been shipped nationwide. is.
The expiration date printed on the product is December this year, and the following two characters are "JR".
There have been no reports of health damage so far.
Marukome commented, ``We would like to express our deepest apologies to our customers, business partners, and everyone involved.We will continue to strive to further improve our quality control.''