Japanese green tea bottle tainted with weedkiller

TOKYO, April 5 (Reuters) - A bottle of green tea produced by Japan's Kao Corp was found tainted with a large amount of weedkiller, the company said on Saturday.

Kao, Japan's largest household products maker, said the bottle, sold at a Tokyo supermarket late last month, may have been contaminated intentionally as the weedkiller was not used in the production line.

A man who drank the "Healthya" tea suffered a minor diarrhoea but has already recovered, the company said, adding that he said the bottle may have been half-open.

Kao said it has not found any other tainted bottles in its inspection and it has no plan to recall the products.

Police are also investigating the incident.

(Reporting by Hideyuki Sano)