date:Feb 20, 2019
The stores in question, located in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo, were found to have tampered the labels on boxed meals and bakery two hours before their expiration times to extend their shelf lives for seven hours, according to Lawson.
One of the stores continued the malpractice for two-and-a-half years since it opened in July 2016, involving up to 13,700 items. The other tampered the packaging between around 2014 and June 2017, the company said.
The two outlets were run by the same franchi