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Bamboo labeling scam nets arrests

SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) Two businessmen were arrested Thursday on suspicion of falsely labeling and selling Chinese-grown bamboo shoots as grown in Japan, police said. The suspects were identified as Osamu Shirakawa, 55, president of Tokyo-based food product... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, Oct 29 2009

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