(1)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

(1)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Boxes containing imported Australian beef disguised as Japanese are shown to members of the media at a warehouse in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22. Snow Brand Food Co., a subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., admitted it had attempted to pass the beef off as Japanese to take advantage of a government subsidy system introduced during the mad cow scare in Japan.

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