date:Dec 03, 2013
ed additives in meat imports, question marks have sprung up over the way Japan deals with food for both local consumption and for export.
This autumn, several major hotels and restaurants in department stores admitted using inferior ingredients to those listed in menus - some for 17 years. Cheaper whiteleg shrimp was sold as premium Japanese Shiba shrimp, imported beef was touted as high-end wagyu and orange juice from cartons was described as freshly-squeezed.
These incidents have surfaced on