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TOKYO - JAPANESE police yesterday arrested former executives of a meat-packing firm in one of a series of scares over false food labelling.
Police on the northern island of Hokkaido arrested former president Minoru Tanaka and three other former executives of Meat Hope Co.
Police suspect they were responsible for falsely labelling minced meat containing pork and chicken as 100 per cent beef to boost profits.
The firm has allegedly sold at least 360 tonnes of meat with false labels since 1998, news reports said.
Tanaka, 69, whose firm went bankrupt in July, has admitted the allegations.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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