Police search Nippon Shokuhin in false labeling probe

Police search Nippon Shokuhin in false labeling probe

FUKUOKA, Japan - Police enter the head office of failed meat processor Nippon Shokuhin Co. in Fukuoka's Higashi Ward on July 18. They were searching for evidence on allegations the firm received some 136 million yen in subsidy payments under a state beef buyback program by labeling imported meat as domestic.

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