Farm ministry probes all uninspected Nippon Food beef

Farm ministry probes all uninspected Nippon Food beef

TOKYO, Japan - Farm ministry officials enter Nippon Food Inc.'s warehouse office in Tokyo on Aug. 27 to investigate all uninspected beef that the subsidiary of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. submitted as part of a state buyback scheme. The subsidiary allegedly labeled imported beef as domestic beef to obtain subsidies under the scheme.

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