Snow Brand to cut 1,300 jobs

Snow Brand to cut 1,300 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Nishi, president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., involved in a massive food poisoning scandal, meets the press at the Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Tokyo on Sept. 26. He unveiled a restructuring plan that includes cutting the company's workforce by 1,300 to 5,500 by the end of fiscal 2002.

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