(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to attend the trial of Mitsuru Asada, former chairman of meat packer Hannan Corp., who was indicted for swindling the government out of more than 5 billion yen by abusing a state beef buyback program established to calm concerns over mad cow disease. The court sentenced Asada to seven years in prison.

(1)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

(1)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuru Asada (file photo), former chairman of meat packer Hannan Corp., was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Osaka District Court on May 27 for swindling the government out of more than 5 billion yen by abusing a state beef buyback program established to calm concerns over mad cow disease. (yodo)

(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to attend the trial of Mitsuru Asada, former chairman of meat packer Hannan Corp., who was indicted for swindling the government out of more than 5 billion yen by abusing a state beef buyback program established to calm concerns over mad cow disease. The court sentenced Asada to seven years in prison. (Kyodo)

Ex-Meat Hope president indicted over false meat labeling

Ex-Meat Hope president indicted over false meat labeling

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Minoru Tanaka, former president of Meat Hope Co., a meat packer based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido. Tanaka was indicted by the Hokkaido District Public Prosecutors Office on Nov. 24 over false labeling of meat products. (Kyodo)

Ex-Meat Hope exec arrested over false labeling of minced meat

Ex-Meat Hope exec arrested over false labeling of minced meat

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), former president of Meat Hope Co., a meat packing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido Prefecture, leaves his home in the city after being arrested by the Hokkaido prefectural police for allegedly falsely labeling minced meat containing pork and chicken as 100 percent beef. (Kyodo)