Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries did on October 5 the strict monition to Carrefour Japan reacting on the problem that the retail major company, Carrefour in France was selling boneless-ham that passed the best-before date at the Hyogo Prefecture Amagasaki branch in Japan.
The company sold on July 3 the boneless-ham that the best-before date passed on July 2 according to the announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Moreover, because this company that promised the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry the improvement of an illegal display of the country of origin of pork was not fulfilling the promise.
The Ministry requested the business improvement and the commodity management thoroughness from this company.