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Two execs arrested for false bamboo labeling

TOKUSHIMA (Kyodo) Police on Sunday arrested two executives of a food company on suspicion of passing off boiled bamboo shoots as produced in Tokushima even though they came from China. Teruyoshi Kanbara, the 54-year-old president of Shinsei Foods Co.... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sun, Oct 18 2009

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