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The Aspen Acres Fire broke out on Monday, June 29, near the Aspen Acres Campground in Colorado, burning over 23,000 acres with 0% containment. Multiple homes were lost, and mandatory evacuations were ordered for several areas.

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Snow Brand, Nippon Milk to set up joint holding firm in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Tadaaki Konose (L), president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., and Minoru Obara, president of Nippon Milk Community Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27 at which they announced that the two dairy products makers will set up a joint holding company for their management integration on Oct. 1.

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Women execs clean up the mess at scandal-hit firms

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshiko Sakamoto (R), Duskin Co.'s female managing director, and Nobuko Hiwasa (Left), Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s outside managing director, speak on corporate ethics at a forum in the town of Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Nippon Milk begins nationwide sale of milk products

TOKYO, Japan - A girl tastes milk produced by Nippon Milk Community Co. at an outlet of supermarket operator Daiei Inc. in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. on Jan. 7. Nippon Milk, established on Jan. 1 to take over the milk businesses of troubled Snow Brand Milk Products Co. and two agricultural cooperative federations, started nationwide sales of milk products under the Megmilk label.

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Snow Brand's planned firm to use new brand name 'MEGMILK'

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Sugitani (C), who will assume the presidency of Nippon MilkCommunity Co. to be launched Jan. 1, and other officials show the company's new brand called ''MEGMILK'' at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 22. The new company will be formed by integrating milk divisions of the scandal-hit Snow Brand Milk Products Co., the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh) and the National Federation of Dairy Cooperative Associations (Zenrakuren).

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2,000 firms hold shareholders' meetings

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. enter a building in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on June 27 to attend the company's shareholders' meeting. Some 2,020 companies in Japan held shareholders' meetings the same day. The shareholders' meeting were those of listed and unlisted firms whose 2001 business year ended March 31 this year.

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Snow Brand employees launch reform drive

TOKYO, Japan - A group of employees at Snow Brand Milk Products Co. has launched a campaign to get the scandal-rocked company back on its feet and will present their reform proposals to the management in June, group members said May 7. ''We should not stay in the doldrums where everyone loses self-confidence. We want to prove ourselves,'' one member said.

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Civic group asks Snow Brand to hire outside food safety exec

OSAKA, Japan - Representatives of Kabunushi Ombudsman (Shareholder Ombudsman), an Osaka-based civic group, hand a letter to Snow Brand Milk Products Co. Vice President Haruhiko Okada (L) on April 17, asked the scandal-hit firm to hire an outside board member to ensure the safety of its food products.

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Snow Brand sells land of its birthplace in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. has sold its land and buildings in Sapporo, the birthplace of the Snow Brand group, to a subsidiary amid the parent firm's deteriorating business following a series of scandals. The photo shows a memorial hall for Snow Brand's butter products.

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Snow Brand to restructure milk business for rehab+

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. President Kohei Nishi (L) and Vice President Haruhiko Okada look at each other while trying to answer a media question during a news conference in Tokyo on March 28. The company said it will seek to spin off its unprofitable milk business to integrate it with those of two national agricultural cooperatives under a fresh restructuring program.

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Snow Brand uses expired butter in milk products

SAPPORO, Japan - Hideki Takenouchi (L), managing director of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., speaks Feb. 23 at a news conference in Sapporo, Hokkaido. He talked about the company using some 760 tons of expired frozen butter, after rewriting the expiration dates, in processed milk and other dairy products.

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Snow Brand rewrites expiration dates for expired butter

SAPPORO, Japan - The boxes in the photo, taken Feb. 23 in Sapporo, are used by Snow Brand Milk Products Co. for frozen butter made for business use. The company has rewritten the expiration dates for such butter.

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Snow Brand Foods to liquidate in April

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo headquarters of Snow Brand Foods Co., a subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. The firm will be liquidated in late April due to plunging sales in the wake of a scandal involving the deliberate mislabeling of beef products.

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Snow Brand Milk to explore capital infusions, tie-ups

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. President Kohei Nishi (C) and Vice President Haruhiko Okada (2nd from L) bow down at the beginning of their news conference at the company head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5. The scandal-hit company said it will consider exploring capital infusions from other firms or other forms of business tie-ups to carry out its corporate reforms.

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(2)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Shozo Yoshida (L), president of Snow Brand Food Co., bows in apology at a news conference at his company Jan. 23. The subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. admitted it had disguised imported Australian beef as Japanese to take advantage of a government subsidy system introduced during the mad cow scare.

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(1)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Boxes containing imported Australian beef disguised as Japanese are shown to members of the media at a warehouse in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22. Snow Brand Food Co., a subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., admitted it had attempted to pass the beef off as Japanese to take advantage of a government subsidy system introduced during the mad cow scare in Japan.

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More than 2,000 firms hold shareholders' meetings

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., investigated last year over a food-poisoning scandal, enter a building June 28 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, to attend the company's general shareholders' meeting. Some 2,100 listed and unlisted companies across Japan held such meetings the same day.

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Snow Brand to cut 1,000 jobs on poor earnings results

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Nishi (C), president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., announces the company's earnings report for fiscal 2000 at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on May 18. Nishi said Snow Brand Milk, which caused a tainted-milk scandal last week, plans to chop 1,000 jobs due to dismal earnings.

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Papers on 9 Snow Brand execs sent to prosecutors

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s plant in Taiki, Hokkaido. The plant former head Osamu Kubota is one of the nine company officials sent to prosecutors on March 16 on suspicion of professional negligence in the massive outbreak of food poisoning that hit western Japan last summer. Others include former Snow Brand President Tetsuro Ishikawa and former Senior Managing Director Hiroshi Soma. The powdered skim milk produced in Taiki was an ingredient in tainted dairy products such as low-fat milk and yogurt drinks made at Snow Brand's Osaka plant that led to widespread food poisoning in June and July last year.

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Scandal-hit Snow Brand closes Osaka plant after 45 years

OSAKA, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on Jan. 31 closed down its plant in the city of Osaka (photo) following last year's food-poisoning outbreak caused by low-fat milk and yogurt manufactured there. Since 1956, the plant had been one of the company's main suppliers of dairy products, mostly to the Kansai region in western Japan.

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Snow Brand chief apologizes to Osaka city over poisoning

OSAKA, Japan - Kohei Nishi (L), president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., bows his head deeply to Junichi Seki (R), deputy mayor of Osaka, at the Osaka city hall on Dec. 28. Nishi apologized for the food-poisoning outbreak caused by his company's products that affected more than 13,000 people in western Japan in June and July.

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Snow Brand Milk Products to close Osaka plant Jan. 31

OSAKA, Japan - Hideki Takenouchi (R), president of the Osaka branch of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., on Dec. 22 hands over to Hideo Nakazawa, head of the Osaka municipal health office, a notice of closure of the company's plant in Osaka's Miyakojima Ward on Jan. 31. Japan's biggest dairy product maker caused a widespread food-poisoning outbreak in June and July with contaminated low-fat milk and yogurt manufactured there.

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Snow Brand to close Osaka plant over food poisoning

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s Osaka plant Dec. 22, which will be closed Jan. 31. The closure was announced the same day following widespread food-poisonings in June and July caused by low-fat milk and other dairy products manufactured there.

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Snow Brand to cut 1,300 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Nishi, president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., involved in a massive food poisoning scandal, meets the press at the Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Tokyo on Sept. 26. He unveiled a restructuring plan that includes cutting the company's workforce by 1,300 to 5,500 by the end of fiscal 2002.

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Police search Snow Brand office over poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers walk into the headquarters of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. in Tokyo on Aug. 30 to begin investigations aimed to determine the firm's criminal responsibility for a widespread food-poisoning case. More than 14,500 people fell sick in western Japan in June and early July after consuming the tainted Snow Brand milk products.

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Operations at Snow Brand's Hokkaido factory suspended

SAPPORO, Japan - Toshiaki Endo (C), head of the Hokkaido branch of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., apologizes at a press conference Aug. 23 for his company's poor control of bacteria. The Hokkaido prefectural government ordered the company to suspend operations at its plant in Taiki after discovering a bacterial toxin in samples of powdered skimmed milk produced at the plant.

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Snow Brand's Nagoya factory resumes milk production

NAGOYA, Japan - Bottles of milk produced at a Snow Brand Milk Products Co. plant in Nagoya are seen ready for shipment as the plant resumed milk production July 27. The plant was the first to do so among the company's 20 plants across Japan following a 15-day suspension in the wake of a food-poisoning outbreak that made more than 14,700 people ill, mainly in western Japan, since late June.

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Inspections at Snow Brand plants begin

TOKYO, Japan - Experts inspect a factory at Akabane, Tokyo of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on July 18. The company, mired in a widening food-poisoning scandal, said such inspections are under way at all it 20 plants nationwide.

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Scandal-hit Snow Brand suspends sports teams

SAPPORO, Japan - Masahiko Harada (C), a member of the gold medal-winning quartet in the ski-jumping team event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, talks to reporters July 13 on the decision by Snow Brand Milk Products Co. to suspended activities of its sports clubs until late September. The suspension affects the athletes of the firm's ice hockey, athletics and ski teams, of which Harada is a member.

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Snow Brand employees apologize to consumers

OSAKA, Japan - Two employees of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., mired in a snowballing food-poisoning scandal, visit one of consumers in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on July 12 and bow in apology on behalf of their company.

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Health ministry holds hearing over Snow Brand poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiko Sasajima (R), vice president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., attends a hearing July 11 held by the Ministry of Health and Welfare at its building in Tokyo. The hearing is to decide whether to revoke a hygiene certification granted to a Snow Brand factory in Osaka whose products allegedly caused a mass outbreak of food poisoning.

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Snow Brand officials apologize for tainted, recycled milk

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuo Sunaga (L), chief operations officer of the Western Japan Branch Office of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., and Katsutoshi Keira (R), general manager of public relations at the company's headquarters, bow in apology July 10 at a news conference at the office in Osaka's Kita Ward. The officials responded to reports that low-fat milk produced by Snow Brand is believed to be behind a massive outbreak of food poisoning in western Japan, and that the company reused products that had been returned or never shipped out to retailers.

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Another Snow Brand product found contaminated

OSAKA, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co., whose contaminated products have caused widespread food poisoning since late June, announced on July 7 that a yogurt drink produced at its Osaka plant has also been found to be contaminated by toxin-producing bacteria. The photo shows the affected yogurt, sold in 1-liter and 500-milliliter packages under the brand 'Nomu Yoguruto Mainichi Honebuto.'

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Snow Brand pres. apologizes, offers to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuro Ishikawa (2nd from R) and two other executives of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. bow as they apologize for the widespread food poisoning caused by the company's milk products at a news conference held in Tokyo on July 6. Ishikawa offered to resign to take responsibility.

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Contaminated Snow Brand milk products recalled, sorted out

OSAKA, Japan - Employees at Snow Brand Milk Products Co. sort out contaminated milk products at the company's Osaka plant in Miyakojima Ward on July 6. The products, contaminated with a toxin-producing bacteria, have been recalled after causing widespread food poisoning over the past week in western Japan.

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Snow Brand pres. offers to quit over food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tetsuro Ishikawa, president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., who announced July 6 he will resign to take responsibility for a recent outbreak of food poisoning caused by the company's milk products. More than 11,000 people in eight prefectures in western Japan have fallen ill in the past week after consuming low-fat and calcium-enriched milk produced by the leading dairy products maker at its Osaka plant.

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Snow Brand factory investigated

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka municipal government officials walk into a factory of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. for investigation on July 5 in connection with a series of cases in which 9,719 persons have so far complained of sickness after drinking the company's low-fat milk.

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7,000 sickened by Snow Brand milk, recall going slowly

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows cartons of low-fat milk that have been recalled by Snow Brand Milk Products Co. Over 7,000 people have been sickened by the milk since Friday. Only 15% of the milk subject to recall has been retrieved.

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Over 1,000 fall sick after drinking Snow Brand milk

OSAKA, Japan - Cartons of recalled milk are piled up at the Osaka factory of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on June 30 as more than 1,000 people fell sick in western Japan after drinking low-fat milk produced by the company.

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3 hospitalized in Osaka after drinking Snow Brand milk

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 29 shows the Osaka factory of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. Health authorities said three people were hospitalized after drinking low-fat milk produced at the factory. Snow Brand officials said they are investigating the cause of the incident and will recall the low-fat milk produced at the factory.

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Civic group asks Snow Brand to hire outside food safety exec

OSAKA, Japan - Representatives of Kabunushi Ombudsman (Shareholder Ombudsman), an Osaka-based civic group, hand a letter to Snow Brand Milk Products Co. Vice President Haruhiko Okada (L) on April 17, asked the scandal-hit firm to hire an outside board member to ensure the safety of its food products.

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Snow Brand, Nippon Milk to set up joint holding firm in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Tadaaki Konose (L), president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., and Minoru Obara, president of Nippon Milk Community Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27 at which they announced that the two dairy products makers will set up a joint holding company for their management integration on Oct. 1. (Kyodo)

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Snow Brand employees launch reform drive

TOKYO, Japan - A group of employees at Snow Brand Milk Products Co. has launched a campaign to get the scandal-rocked company back on its feet and will present their reform proposals to the management in June, group members said May 7. ''We should not stay in the doldrums where everyone loses self-confidence. We want to prove ourselves,'' one member said.

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Snow Brand sells land of its birthplace in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. has sold its land and buildings in Sapporo, the birthplace of the Snow Brand group, to a subsidiary amid the parent firm's deteriorating business following a series of scandals. The photo shows a memorial hall for Snow Brand's butter products.

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Snow Brand to restructure milk business for rehab+

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co. President Kohei Nishi (L) and Vice President Haruhiko Okada look at each other while trying to answer a media question during a news conference in Tokyo on March 28. The company said it will seek to spin off its unprofitable milk business to integrate it with those of two national agricultural cooperatives under a fresh restructuring program.

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Nippon Milk begins nationwide sale of milk products

TOKYO, Japan - A girl tastes milk produced by Nippon Milk Community Co. at an outlet of supermarket operator Daiei Inc. in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. on Jan. 7. Nippon Milk, established on Jan. 1 to take over the milk businesses of troubled Snow Brand Milk Products Co. and two agricultural cooperative federations, started nationwide sales of milk products under the Megmilk label. (Kyodo)

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Women execs clean up the mess at scandal-hit firms

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshiko Sakamoto (R), Duskin Co.'s female managing director, and Nobuko Hiwasa (Left), Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s outside managing director, speak on corporate ethics at a forum in the town of Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Snow Brand Foods to liquidate in April

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo headquarters of Snow Brand Foods Co., a subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. The firm will be liquidated in late April due to plunging sales in the wake of a scandal involving the deliberate mislabeling of beef products.

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Snow Brand rewrites expiration dates for expired butter

SAPPORO, Japan - The boxes in the photo, taken Feb. 23 in Sapporo, are used by Snow Brand Milk Products Co. for frozen butter made for business use. The company has rewritten the expiration dates for such butter.

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Snow Brand uses expired butter in milk products

SAPPORO, Japan - Hideki Takenouchi (L), managing director of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., speaks Feb. 23 at a news conference in Sapporo, Hokkaido. He talked about the company using some 760 tons of expired frozen butter, after rewriting the expiration dates, in processed milk and other dairy products.