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Police search seafood firms over false labeling of eel products

FUKUOKA, Japan - Police investigators enter the office of seafood importer Uohide in Fukuoka on July 3 to search for evidence. Uohide, based in Osaka, and Kobe-based wholesaler Shinko Gyorui Ltd. are involved in a false-labeling scandal in which the firms allegedly sold grilled eels farmed in China as products made using Japanese-raised eels.

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Police search seafood firms over false labeling of eel products

KOBE, Japan - Takashi Oohori (R), president of Kobe-based seafood wholesaler Shinko Gyorui Ltd., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., bows in apology during a press conference in Kobe on July 3 after police raided his company and seafood importer Uohide as part of an investigation into a false-labeling scandal in which the two firms allegedly sold grilled eels farmed in China as products made using eels raised in Japan.

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Police search seafood firms over false labeling of eel products

KOBE, Japan - Police investigators raid the headquarters of seafood wholesaler Shinko Gyorui Ltd. in Kobe on July 3. The company and Osaka-based seafood importer Uohide allegedly sold grilled eels farmed in China as products made using Japanese-raised eels.

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2 fish product dealers passed off Chinese eels as Japanese

KOBE, Japan - Takashi Ohori, president of Shinko Gyorui Ltd., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., and other executives of the fish products wholesaler bow in apology at a news conference in Kobe on June 25, after the government accused the company and Uohide, an Osaka-based seafood dealer, of labeling grilled eels farmed in China as eels grown in Isshiki, a town in Aichi Prefecture famous for growing quality eels.

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2 fish dealers pass off Chinese eels as Japanese

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Akihiro Nakatani, president of Uohide, an Osaka-based fishery product sales firm, speaks to reporters in Tokushima on June 25 after the fisheries ministry announced Uohide and Shinko Gyorui Ltd., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., sold grilled eels farmed in China by falsely labeling them as being products farmed in Japan's Aichi Prefecture.

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Police search seafood firms over false labeling of eel products

KOBE, Japan - Police investigators raid the headquarters of seafood wholesaler Shinko Gyorui Ltd. in Kobe on July 3. The company and Osaka-based seafood importer Uohide allegedly sold grilled eels farmed in China as products made using Japanese-raised eels. (Kyodo)

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Police search seafood firms over false labeling of eel products

KOBE, Japan - Takashi Oohori (R), president of Kobe-based seafood wholesaler Shinko Gyorui Ltd., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., bows in apology during a press conference in Kobe on July 3 after police raided his company and seafood importer Uohide as part of an investigation into a false-labeling scandal in which the two firms allegedly sold grilled eels farmed in China as products made using eels raised in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Police search seafood firms over false labeling of eel products

FUKUOKA, Japan - Police investigators enter the office of seafood importer Uohide in Fukuoka on July 3 to search for evidence. Uohide, based in Osaka, and Kobe-based wholesaler Shinko Gyorui Ltd. are involved in a false-labeling scandal in which the firms allegedly sold grilled eels farmed in China as products made using Japanese-raised eels. (Kyodo)

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2 fish dealers pass off Chinese eels as Japanese

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Akihiro Nakatani, president of Uohide, an Osaka-based fishery product sales firm, speaks to reporters in Tokushima on June 25 after the fisheries ministry announced Uohide and Shinko Gyorui Ltd., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., sold grilled eels farmed in China by falsely labeling them as being products farmed in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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2 fish product dealers passed off Chinese eels as Japanese

KOBE, Japan - Takashi Ohori, president of Shinko Gyorui Ltd., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., and other executives of the fish products wholesaler bow in apology at a news conference in Kobe on June 25, after the government accused the company and Uohide, an Osaka-based seafood dealer, of labeling grilled eels farmed in China as eels grown in Isshiki, a town in Aichi Prefecture famous for growing quality eels. (Kyodo)