Scandal-hit Snow Brand closes Osaka plant after 45 years

Scandal-hit Snow Brand closes Osaka plant after 45 years

OSAKA, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on Jan. 31 closed down its plant in the city of Osaka (photo) following last year's food-poisoning outbreak caused by low-fat milk and yogurt manufactured there. Since 1956, the plant had been one of the company's main suppliers of dairy products, mostly to the Kansai region in western Japan.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000007339
  • Registered date
  • 2001/1/31 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1212 × 1630 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 165.51(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    CHINA-ANHUI-SHEXIAN-CULTURE-FISH-SHAPED LANTERN (CN)

    CHINA-ANHUI-SHEXIAN-CULTURE-FISH-SHAPED LANTERN (CN)

    (240206) -- SHEXIAN, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 31, 2023 shows children holding fish-shaped lanterns attending a parade in Shexian County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. The parade with fish-shaped lanterns is an important folk cultural activity in Shexian County. Every year, in the first month of Chinese lunar calendar, it attracts tourists from all over the country. Born in 1996, Wang Yufang is an inheritor of fish-shaped lantern making skills, an intangible cultural heritage. Wang started to learn the skills from local villagers when he was 12 years old. Wang now runs a company selling fish-shaped lanterns and organizing related performances. He wishes to pass on the making skills of the lanterns, develop related cultural and creative products, and spread the culture of fish-shaped lanterns. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

      Booming winter sports in NE China opens up opportunities for equipment supplier

      STORY: Booming winter sports in NE China opens up opportunities for equipment supplier SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: QIQIHAR, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Qiqihar Heilong International Ice and Snow Equipment Co., Ltd. 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI MINGYANG, Director of the technical quality department, Qiqihar Heilong International Ice and Snow Equipment Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: The growing public enthusiasm for ice and snow sports and activities has opened up business opportunities for winter sports equipment suppliers in China. Qiqihar Heilong International Ice and Snow Equipment Co., Ltd. is one of the best-known winter sports brands in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a popular destination for winter tourism in the country. Boasting a history of over 70 years, the company's main products include ice skates and skis, and it also provides various kinds of sports services. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI MINGYANG, Director of the tec

        Food companies in China's Tianjin going global

        STORY: Food companies in China's Tianjin going global DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cityscape in Tianjin, China 2. various of food production 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GONG RUI, Workshop director, Tianjin Limin Condiment Co., Ltd. 4. various of condiment 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHENG PENG, President, Tianjin Limin Condiment Co., Ltd. 6. various of condiment 7. various of a milk processing plant 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN SHUANGYU, Production director of the company 9. various of milk processing equipment 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZOU YANG, President, Tianjin Haihe Dairy Co., Ltd. 11. various of posters 12. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WAN SHOUPENG, Head of Tianjin Food Group 13. various of consumers STORYLINE: Food companies in north China's Tianjin have realized high-quality development and provided better products by embracing global markets and utilizing overseas resources. A local seasoning supplier has seen a surge in forei
          CHINA-XINJIANG-ALTAY-WINTER TOURISM (CN)

          CHINA-XINJIANG-ALTAY-WINTER TOURISM (CN)

          (230113) -- ALTAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2022 shows a view of Altay City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Altay Prefecture is known for its long winter season that can last up to eight months a year. It is attracting skiers worldwide with its vast area of natural powder snow. The region has aspired to boost winter tourism in recent years, alluring visitors with skiing, ice fishing and other winter activities. It welcomed some 1.02 million tourists between December 2022 and Jan. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

            Bumper harvest of persimmons in southwest China

            STORY: Bumper harvest of persimmons in southwest China DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: GONGCHENG, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of persimmon 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN LIHUA, President of Guilin Fenghuayuan Food Co., Ltd. 5. various of persimmon STORYLINE: Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China has seen a bumper harvest of persimmons. Gongcheng now has a total persimmon planting area of about 220,000 mu (about 14666.66 hectares), with an output of about 720,000 tons of persimmons per year. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN LIHUA, President of Guilin Fenghuayuan Food Co., Ltd. "At present, our company produces fresh persimmons, dried persimmons, persimmon slices and persimmon vinegar. We purchase about 1,500 tons of raw persimmons every month, and our products are mainly sold to big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen." In recent years, Gongcheng has made great efforts to cultivate and develop the persimmon indu
              All Snow Brand Food products removed from stores

              All Snow Brand Food products removed from stores

              KOBE, Japan - All Snow Brand Food Co. ham and sausage, delicatessen and processed-meat products are removed from shelves at a supermarket in Kobe on Jan. 26, as its scandal relating to mad cow disease was unveiled. Snow Brand Food's employees in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, repackaged 13.8 tons of Australian beef last October in order to pass it off as Japanese beef and claim government compensation under the buyback scheme.
                Papers on 9 Snow Brand execs sent to prosecutors

                Papers on 9 Snow Brand execs sent to prosecutors

                OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s plant in Taiki, Hokkaido. The plant former head Osamu Kubota is one of the nine company officials sent to prosecutors on March 16 on suspicion of professional negligence in the massive outbreak of food poisoning that hit western Japan last summer. Others include former Snow Brand President Tetsuro Ishikawa and former Senior Managing Director Hiroshi Soma. The powdered skim milk produced in Taiki was an ingredient in tainted dairy products such as low-fat milk and yogurt drinks made at Snow Brand's Osaka plant that led to widespread food poisoning in June and July last year.
                  Snow Brand Milk Products to close Osaka plant Jan. 31

                  Snow Brand Milk Products to close Osaka plant Jan. 31

                  OSAKA, Japan - Hideki Takenouchi (R), president of the Osaka branch of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., on Dec. 22 hands over to Hideo Nakazawa, head of the Osaka municipal health office, a notice of closure of the company's plant in Osaka's Miyakojima Ward on Jan. 31. Japan's biggest dairy product maker caused a widespread food-poisoning outbreak in June and July with contaminated low-fat milk and yogurt manufactured there.
                    Snow Brand to close Osaka plant over food poisoning

                    Snow Brand to close Osaka plant over food poisoning

                    OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s Osaka plant Dec. 22, which will be closed Jan. 31. The closure was announced the same day following widespread food-poisonings in June and July caused by low-fat milk and other dairy products manufactured there.
                      Snow Brand to close Osaka plant over food poisoning

                      Snow Brand to close Osaka plant over food poisoning

                      OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s Osaka plant Dec. 22, which will be closed Jan. 31. The closure was announced the same day following widespread food-poisonings in June and July caused by low-fat milk and other dairy products manufactured there.