15 mil. 'expired' food items sold on JR shinkansen bullet trains

15 mil. 'expired' food items sold on JR shinkansen bullet trains

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Tategami (R), president of JR-Central Passenger Co., a catering subsidiary of Central Japan Railway Co., said in Tokyo on March 11 that it sold an estimated 15 million food items with expired dates for safe consumption on shinkansen bullet and other trains. Tategami apologized for ''undermining public trust.'' (Kyodo)

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