Withdrawal of the Fujiya goods is performed all over Japan.
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babelfish much? I'm glad their products have been pulled though...
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Fujiya President resigns over sloppy quality control of cakes
The president of major confectioner Fujiya Company says he will resign to take responsibility for the sloppy quality control which resulted in suspension of its business.
Fujiya suspended operation of all its factories and confectionary shops last Thursday following a revelation that one of its factories shipped cream puffs made from expired milk. Inadequate quality controls in other areas have also come to light.
In a news conference on Monday, Fujiya President Rintaro Fujii acknowledged a serious flaw in how the company operated its business. He said he will step down from his post after he swiftly reestablishes quality control and places everything under control in order to resume production.
Mr Fujii also disclosed that the company needs to pay compensation equal to more than 830,000 US dollars a week to its franchise shops across Japan. He said the company is considering selling off its assets should the factories continue to suspend their operations over a long period.
The president added that although the company, already suffering an operating loss, will aim to regenerate on its own without selling off its mainstream business, it will also consider receiving support from other companies.
The president of major confectioner Fujiya Company says he will resign to take responsibility for the sloppy quality control which resulted in suspension of its business.
Fujiya suspended operation of all its factories and confectionary shops last Thursday following a revelation that one of its factories shipped cream puffs made from expired milk. Inadequate quality controls in other areas have also come to light.
In a news conference on Monday, Fujiya President Rintaro Fujii acknowledged a serious flaw in how the company operated its business. He said he will step down from his post after he swiftly reestablishes quality control and places everything under control in order to resume production.
Mr Fujii also disclosed that the company needs to pay compensation equal to more than 830,000 US dollars a week to its franchise shops across Japan. He said the company is considering selling off its assets should the factories continue to suspend their operations over a long period.
The president added that although the company, already suffering an operating loss, will aim to regenerate on its own without selling off its mainstream business, it will also consider receiving support from other companies.
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Fujiya to look into quality control problem
Amid a scandal over the use of expired ingredients, major Japanese confectionery maker Fujiya says it has newly established a committee to look into the cause of its sloppy quality control.
Fujiya President Rintaro Fujii said on Monday that he will resign over the problems, which include products made with expired milk and shipments containing bacteria in excess of standards.
Mr Fujii said, "I apologize for all the trouble we have caused. I'll resign to take responsibility for this problem."
On Monday, the company revealed an additional 18 cases in which products using expired ingredients were shipped over the past 7 years, including 2 cases in which supervisors ordered staff to do so.
Fujiya also said that a factory in Niiza, north of Tokyo, shipped products with labels showing expiration dates one day later than the company's standards for the 3 years up until last year.
The factory labeled cream caramels with expiration dates 4 days after the products were wrapped, regardless of when they had been made.
Amid a scandal over the use of expired ingredients, major Japanese confectionery maker Fujiya says it has newly established a committee to look into the cause of its sloppy quality control.
Fujiya President Rintaro Fujii said on Monday that he will resign over the problems, which include products made with expired milk and shipments containing bacteria in excess of standards.
Mr Fujii said, "I apologize for all the trouble we have caused. I'll resign to take responsibility for this problem."
On Monday, the company revealed an additional 18 cases in which products using expired ingredients were shipped over the past 7 years, including 2 cases in which supervisors ordered staff to do so.
Fujiya also said that a factory in Niiza, north of Tokyo, shipped products with labels showing expiration dates one day later than the company's standards for the 3 years up until last year.
The factory labeled cream caramels with expiration dates 4 days after the products were wrapped, regardless of when they had been made.
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um, could you please cite your sources? thanks.
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Saitama officials inspect Fujiya factory
The prefectural government of Saitama has made a second inspection of a factory of major confectioner Fujiya Company for sloppy quality control.
A team of 7 officials inspected the factory in Niiza on Wednesday, the day after Fujiya submitted its report on quality control to the Saitama government.
The report says the company suspects expired food ingredients were mistakenly used to make apple pie because factory workers stacked newer containers on top of older ones.
It says the ingredients in the older containers had past their expiry date by the time they were used, and workers probably did not check the dates.
The report says factory workers did not check expiry dates on ingredients used to make cream puffs as well.
The prefectural government of Saitama has made a second inspection of a factory of major confectioner Fujiya Company for sloppy quality control.
A team of 7 officials inspected the factory in Niiza on Wednesday, the day after Fujiya submitted its report on quality control to the Saitama government.
The report says the company suspects expired food ingredients were mistakenly used to make apple pie because factory workers stacked newer containers on top of older ones.
It says the ingredients in the older containers had past their expiry date by the time they were used, and workers probably did not check the dates.
The report says factory workers did not check expiry dates on ingredients used to make cream puffs as well.
shiroma
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Fujiya Panel: TBS Got the Scandal Wrong
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TBS has been airing way too many false accusations.
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I don't trust the Japanese milk industry much, i'm afraid - I was a victim of the great Osaka milk poisoning by snow brand milk about five years ago :box:
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Goodness! I hope it wasn't too serious for you. And I used to consume a lot of milk and milk products when I was in Japan. The milk sold in the Commissary was sterilized and tasted like it, so I always bought milk off base. Sometimes soy, more often cow.
shiroma
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TBS Apologizes over Broadcast on Fujiya Food Scandal
It did not take long for TBS to admit their fault, compared to the past denial case about showing the unedited interview footage with the lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto to a high-rank Aum cult member Kiyohide "Tilopa" Hayakawa, which led to the murder case of the whole Sakamoto family.
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It was a rather uncomfortable few days, I must say!
The irony is that I woke up in the morning with a rumbling stomach, and decided to have some milk to hopefully calm it. The rumbling turned to pain, and quickly got worse, so I drank more and more milk, until the whole carton had gone...
All I can say is that, for the first time, I was very glad that my apartment was so tiny, and it was only a few meters from my futon to the bathroom...
I was also very glad of the kindness and sympathy shown to me by my Japanese colleagues upon my return to work...NOT! I've never seen an office fall about laughing so much as when I showed my face on Wednesday and explained why i'd been off sick...
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mos, I can sympathize with you. I got food poisoning from peanut butter. Yeah, the recall that happened just a while ago. The best part it that I usually never eat peanut butter, I can't stand the taste of it, but I had a craving for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. So I bought peanut butter and made my sandwich and gave half of it to my dog. She got sick first and worse than me. Poor girl. I don't think I'll be eating peanut butter any time soon.
