Snow Brand pres. offers to quit over food poisoning

Snow Brand pres. offers to quit over food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tetsuro Ishikawa, president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., who announced July 6 he will resign to take responsibility for a recent outbreak of food poisoning caused by the company's milk products. More than 11,000 people in eight prefectures in western Japan have fallen ill in the past week after consuming low-fat and calcium-enriched milk produced by the leading dairy products maker at its Osaka plant.

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