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MARUHA NICHIRO

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2022
Maruha Nichiro plans to issue Japan’s first blue bond to help ocean
The firm tapped Mizuho Securities and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities to manage the u00a55 billion ($35 million) offering of five-year notes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2019
Three dead and one injured in Tokyo warehouse fire
A fire at a warehouse in Ota Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday afternoon left three men dead and injured another, as well as causing disruption to some flights at nearby Haneda airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2014
Factory worker sentenced for lacing seafood with malathion
The man who laced frozen food products with pesticide last fall at a factory in Gunma Prefecture is sentenced to 3½ years in prison.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2014
Prosecutors seek 4½ years for Maruha food poisoner
Prosecutors sought on Friday a 4½-year prison term for the former contract worker who pleaded guilty to lacing frozen food with pesticide at a factory in Gunma Prefecture last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2014
Suspect told police how to poison food
Investigative sources said Monday that, prior to his arrest, a factory worker suspected of lacing frozen food with pesticide at a factory in the town of Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, described to police how such an act could be carried out.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2014
Suspect arrested in food poisonings
An employee at an Aqlifoods factory at the center of a food-poisoning scandal is arrested in Gunma for allegedly tainting frozen food with pesticide.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2014
Maruha cuts food output in Hokkaido as demand drops over pesticide scare
Maruha Nichiro's frozen foods unit cuts output in Hokkaido as consumers shun its brands after pesticide was found in products made at its Gunma plant on Honshu.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2014
Massive amount of pesticide found in frozen croquette
The concentration of a pesticide residue detected in part of a croquette made by Maruha Nichiro subsidiary Aqlifoods in Gunma Prefecture was 2.6 million times higher than the acceptable level.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2014
Over 200 fall sick after eating frozen food laced with pesticide
More than 200 people in 32 prefectures have fallen ill after consuming some of the food products sold by a Japanese company that is at the center of a scandal over tainted frozen food products, a tally by Kyodo News showed Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2013
Maruha Nichiro unit recalls 6.3 million packages of frozen food
A subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings recalls 6.3 million packages of frozen food after the pesticide malathion is detected in some of them.

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