Bananas ahead of their time

[Joseph S. Barrera III]

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Osaka port firm falsified arrival day of banana shipments

Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 07:48 JST
OSAKA — A semipublic company handling cargo at Osaka port that earlier 
admitted falsifying the origins of imported vegetables also falsified 
the arrival day of banana shipments from 2001, company officials said 
Saturday.

Osaka Port Terminal Co, in which the city of Osaka has a 50.2 percent 
stake, faked the date it received bananas from Latin America to make 
them look fresher than they were, they said. Such falsification began 
about three years ago at the instruction of a Tokyo-based importer and 
invoices were also falsified, according to the officials. (Kyodo News)