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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.