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Japanese execs arrested, false chicken labelling
// 07 May 2008
The former president of a Japanese meat processing
company Hinaidori Co. in Odate, Akita Prefecture, along with 5 others, have
been arrested on suspicion of falsely labelling and selling chicken and egg
products as Hinai-jidori, a local premium breed of
chicken.
The others arrested were two former executives of Hinaidori and three from
a group firm in Odate. All six arrested men have admitted to the
allegations.
According to the police, the suspects sold products falsely labeled as
Hinai-jidori, including some made from old hens that had stopped laying eggs and
had been purchased for well under 100 yen per bird (€0.60; US$0.95), to three
companies in Akita, Morioka and Kawasaki from April 2006 through August
2007.
Sales of falsely labelled products totalled about 15 mln yen (€92,000;
US$143,000).
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