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    Chinese eels were faked as "Japanese eels" and sold to the Japanese!

    • Last Update: 2021-12-24
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Recently, Japan, a food wholesale company acknowledged that the Chinese-made eel faked Aichi, Japan produced eel for sale
    .
    The company said it had started this behavior at least 5 years ago and apologized for it
    .
     
    According to Japan's "Gifu Shimbun", a food wholesale company called "Mountain Aquatic Green Fruit" in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan was found to have forged Chinese eels for sale as eels produced in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
    .
    On the 17th, the Gifu Prefecture Government of Japan asked the company to make rectifications to prevent such incidents from happening again
    .
     
    According to the report, the company labelled 30,125 eels from China and Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from June 1 to October 31 this year, and sold them to about 70 supermarkets and restaurants.
    In shops, 6640 of them have been identified as Chinese eels
    .
     
    It is understood that the local health authority found inconsistencies in the origin of the eels sold by this company during routine inspections
    .
    In an investigation, the company stated that it had fraudulently falsified eel origins at least five years ago
    .
     
      The “Takayama Aquatic Fruits” food wholesale company subsequently apologized, but stated that all the fraudulent activities in the production area were done by the same employee, and explained that the production area was tampered with because of the decrease in the purchase of Japanese eels, in order to meet market demand
    .
     
      It is understood that this company has a registered capital of 35 million yen, or about 1.
    96 million yuan, and is mainly engaged in wholesale business.
    It has been confirmed that the eel involved has not been exported to the Chinese market
    .
     
      Netizen: Can't you eat it?
     
     
      Recently, Japan, a food wholesale company acknowledged that the Chinese-made eel faked Aichi, Japan produced eel for sale
    .
    The company said it had started this behavior at least 5 years ago and apologized for it
    .
    Japanese food eel
     
      According to Japan's "Gifu Shimbun", a food wholesale company called "Mountain Aquatic Green Fruit" in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan was found to have forged Chinese eels for sale as eels produced in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
    .
    On the 17th, the Gifu Prefecture Government of Japan asked the company to make rectifications to prevent such incidents from happening again
    .
     
      According to the report, the company labelled 30,125 eels from China and Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from June 1 to October 31 this year, and sold them to about 70 supermarkets and restaurants.
    In shops, 6640 of them have been identified as Chinese eels
    .
     
      It is understood that the local health authority found inconsistencies in the origin of the eels sold by this company during routine inspections
    .
    In an investigation, the company stated that it had fraudulently falsified eel origins at least five years ago
    .
     
      The “Takayama Aquatic Fruits” food wholesale company subsequently apologized, but stated that all the fraudulent activities in the production area were done by the same employee, and explained that the production area was tampered with because of the decrease in the purchase of Japanese eels, in order to meet market demand
    .
     
      It is understood that this company has a registered capital of 35 million yen, or about 1.
    96 million yuan, and is mainly engaged in wholesale business.
    It has been confirmed that the eel involved has not been exported to the Chinese market
    .
     
      Netizen: Can't you eat it?
     
     
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