Sweets maker Akafuku ordered to suspend operations

Sweets maker Akafuku ordered to suspend operations

TSU, Japan - Akafuku Co. President Noriyasu Hamada bows in apology Oct. 18 at a news conference in Ise, Mie Prefecture, after the prefectural government ordered the sweets maker to suspend operations for collecting unsold products from retail outlets, refrigerating them and then reshipping them with a new consume-by date.

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