TOKYO: More than 300 people across Japan have fallen ill after eating frozen food products contaminated with pesticide, reports said on Tuesday.

Shoppers have reported vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms of food poisoning after eating food produced at a plant in Gunma, north of Tokyo, according to surveys carried out by the Asahi Shimbun and other local media.

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