(2)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

(2)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

SENDAI, Japan - A notice put up at a supermarket in Sendai on Aug. 7 tells customers that products of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. have been removed from the shelves following reports a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in applying for subsidies in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan.

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