Yesterday,I heard the news that two people were dead because of suffocation when they ate “mochi”.

It is very sad thing that same kind of incident happen every year.
However in spite of the danger, appropriate measures are not taken!

One reason is that people don’t know the fact that “Mochi” is ranked as No.1 food related suffocation death.
While “Konnyaku-Jelly” is ranked as No.4.

In the past,
“Konnyaku-batake”, which is made from “Konnyaku” was attacked from the media when the child was dead.

Since then, the label that indicates the risk is affixed to the product.

I think Mochi companies should display same label.