Starzen admits falsifying labels for beef and chicken

Starzen admits falsifying labels for beef and chicken

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Uzurahashi (R), president of Starzen Co., Japan's largest meat wholesaler, and the company's other executives bow at a news conference March 1 in Tokyo. They admitted fabricating labels for beef and chicken products in addition to fabricating labels for pork products, revealed Feb. 27.

Starzen mislabeled pork products

Starzen mislabeled pork products

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Uzurahashi, president of Starzen Co., Japan's largest dealer of domestic and imported meat, bows at a news conference in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 27. Uzurahashi admitted his company sold pork from inexpensive white pigs as that of black pigs in violation of the Japanese agricultural standard law.

Starzen mislabeled pork products

Starzen mislabeled pork products

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Uzurahashi, president of Starzen Co., Japan's largest dealer of domestic and imported meat, bows at a news conference in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 27. Uzurahashi admitted his company sold pork from inexpensive white pigs as that of black pigs in violation of the Japanese agricultural standard law.

Starzen admits falsifying labels for beef and chicken

Starzen admits falsifying labels for beef and chicken

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Uzurahashi (R), president of Starzen Co., Japan's largest meat wholesaler, and the company's other executives bow at a news conference March 1 in Tokyo. They admitted fabricating labels for beef and chicken products in addition to fabricating labels for pork products, revealed Feb. 27.