NAGASAKI (Kyodo) Three former food-processing company executives were handed suspended prison terms Wednesday of falsely labeling vegetables grown in China and passing them off as domestically produced, mainly for sale to school food services.
The Nagasaki District Court sentenced Toshihachi Abe, 68, former president of Cassey Co., to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for violating the unfair competition prevention law.
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