Meat Hope: The Company from Hell...

- Sold ground beef as pork (mixed in non-edible parts, breadcrumbs, and colored it to resemble beef)
- Injected large amounts of water into block meat to deceive by 50-100 grams or more
- Reused and shipped spoiled meat that was returned due to complaints
- Used disinfectants meant for swimming pools to mask the smell of rotten meat
- Used rainwater collected with hoses for defrosting meat to save on water bills

Makes Senba Kitcho look cute in comparison

The top one is more like an angel

>>4
In what way?

>>6
Isn't it because they sold beef as pork that looked very similar to beef?

Did you watch it on YouTube?

Glad they didn't go nationwide

>>7
They did have frozen croquettes shipped nationwide

It's true that meat that's starting to spoil tastes better

>>8
They were using meat that was already spoiled

They also used rabbit meat, lol

Even though insiders repeatedly told the health department that they were doing food fraud, they didn't move at all

>>15
Maybe they were wary of the possibility of a rival company's grudge

The disinfectant used in swimming pools, is it chlorine?

>>17
No, I think it was a less common name

>>17
Chlorine gas (Cl2) is toxic, so it was probably something neutralized with chloride ions or something like that

This is beyond just selling dog meat as sheep meat!

I saw this in a drama the other day too
Where they were forced into irrational profit-seeking from above and got involved in dirty deeds. Maybe it started like that in reality too

>>21
Seems like they immediately fired employees who had the courage to say "Let's stop this"

Their ethics are as loose as a Fallout company

Well, the whistleblower also knew about it and kept making customers, so I can't sympathize that much...

It's normal in the neighboring country

>>28
Cardboard buns, legendary

>>29
That was a hoax though

I think there should be some business that is upfront about selling products with some issues
If there's a limit to cheap domestic products, they could add technical fees for knowledge and experience, and let consumers choose

I want them to dig deeper into the hotel mislabeling issue
Even if they tarnish their brand, just apologizing shouldn't be the end of it

>>30
Even if they label it, no one would buy something mysterious
That's why they forged it

>>30
They tarnished the Hokkaido brand...
They also handled a lot of domestic (not necessarily Japanese domestic) products

The whistleblower's aftermath though

>>33
That was really sad

This and the Snow Brand incident made me lose the image of Hokkaido products being tasty

>>34
Go to the wholesale markets in Hakodate or Otaru
If you eat freshly caught, unprocessed fish, you'll understand

>>38
That's not the point
There are really good, delicious meals that are too good to be given to non-Hokkaido residents

Akaba-san was also something, but the Nishinomiya Refrigeration family was really bad

>>37
Exposing fraud! -> Other companies were doing it too, so we lost business partners
It's too dark

Akaba-san's sales skills were truly remarkable in creating sales channels
But after that, it was all bad deeds as mentioned above
Despite exposing this mess, he faced severe criticism from the local community and ended up reclusively returning home
Both the media and the surrounding people were awful

Right after BSE and the Snow Brand incident had made people sensitive to food fraud, this happened

He apparently regretted exposing it and became mentally ill

Sorry, not from the local community but from the neighborhood (Hokkaido)

Honestly, I don't understand why the whistleblower is being criticized

>>45
It's a village society

>>45
This incident was also criticized for such issues

>>45
Business partners: "You knew it was fraud and still sold it!"
Ridiculous

There were people who lost their jobs because the "famous local company" Meat Hope disappeared
The feeling of "You knew all along and kept quiet" from business partners was directed at the whistleblower

>>49
He was fighting all along...

But looking at JR Hokkaido's culture, this seems to be the default for Hokkaido residents

Well, Hokkaido has some unbelievably rural areas
There are probably places where such village societies still remain

The authorities and lawyers didn't move at all, so they had to leak the information to the media to bring it to light

>>54
They were a famous company that maintained a stable economy despite committing obvious fraud that should have caused health problems
And as a result of breaking it, everyone ended up unhappy
From a broader perspective, it's a local disparity issue

Humans are really trash

>>55
Anti, that's not true
When poverty strikes, people become dull. People who never have to worry about their livelihood wouldn't commit such fraud

Even though the Whistleblower Protection Act has been enacted now, it probably doesn't mean much

>>56
Business partners are not protected

In this case, Asahi Shimbun did well
It means there were still uncorrupted people

>>60
Maybe because they were corrupt, they exposed the whistleblower too

>>61
I see... indeed...
The act of moving was praiseworthy, but everything else was crap
Couldn't Asahi have better protected the whistleblower?

>>60
Their interests probably aligned
They were threatening the health of children who might side with them in the future

Considering the circumstances at the time, it was probably difficult to protect the whistleblower

>>64
It's not like it would be okay now either

>>65
Yeah, even if their real name isn't reported, people around them would definitely find out

So it's correct not to whistleblow
Even N-Koku Tachibana went crazy because of whistleblowing
Doing what's right socially and morally doesn't necessarily lead to personal happiness

I like the part where the son publicly tries to persuade his dad

>>68
Son: "There's no point in leeching off dad anymore... I'll cut him off!"

Whistleblowing isn't wrong, but it always ends badly
Can't something be done about it?

Can't we use the internet skillfully nowadays?
There was WikiLeaks, something like that

>>70
In a world where the founder of WikiLeaks gets arrested...