Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 5, 2011, over a string of fatal food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at a ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain. The ministry asked prefectural governments to conduct emergency checks on whether restaurants serving raw meat are properly observing sanitation standards.

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                    KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka, president of Foods Forus Co., the operator of the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain, bows in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over the fatal food poisoning cases. The death toll in a string of food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at the barbecue restaurant chain rose to four on the day.
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