date:Dec 03, 2013
e after the other, and this inappropriate labelling has resulted in a loss of trust among consumers, said top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga.
Consumer groups and experts blame lack of funding and bureaucracy for weak oversight.
In the Food Safety Commission and the Consumer Affairs Agency budgets and staff are extremely small, said Yamaura.
The staff are made up of officials that come over from the agricultural ministry and the health, labour and welfare ministry for two years then retur