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The Croquette That Exposed Japan's 9,838-Ton Meat Deception
The Croquette That Exposed Japan's 9,838-Ton Meat Deception
A single frozen croquette labeled "one hundred percent beef" contained pork, chicken, and unidentifiable material - and it led journalists to uncover 9,838 tons of fraudulent ground meat shipped from one plant in a year. How did expired cuts, pig intestines, and rainwater-thawed product reach school lunches, military mess halls, and family tables across 22 prefectures before anyone stopped it?
In this episode, we lay out the timeline from the Asahi Shimbun genetic tests in spring 2007 to the whistleblower's anonymous complaints and…
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