2 arrested over falsely labeling apple juice products

2 arrested over falsely labeling apple juice products

HIROSAKI, Japan - Takao Sasaki, former president of Aomoriken Kako, an apple processing company in Aomori Prefecture, leaves his house in Hirosaki in the prefecture on Feb. 24 for voluntary police questioning before being arrested with the other former president of the company on suspicion of falsely labeling and selling beverages made of concentrated apple juice from China as made in Aomori. (Kyodo)

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