TOKYO, Feb 2: Japan plans to call on Beijing to jointly set up a food safety council following a massive recall of Chinese-made food after hundreds of Japanese said they fell ill from dumplings, a report said on Saturday.

Tokyo hopes to agree to form the consultation council when China’s President Hu Jintao visits later this year for a summit with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the Mainichi Shimbun reported.

China -- Japan’s largest trading partner and second biggest supplier of imported food — has said it found no pesticide in the dumplings, as Tokyo claims, but pledged an investigation.—AFP