Nippon Food sales office searched over beef scam

Nippon Food sales office searched over beef scam

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A farm ministry investigator enters a Nippon Food Inc. sales office in Ehime Prefecture on Aug. 10 in connection with suspected cheating of a state-run beef buyback program by the firm. (Kyodo)

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