Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency on Tuesday ordered Kirin Beverage to take action to prevent any recurrence of deceptive packaging for its juice product.
Although the Kirin Holdings unit labeled a Tropicana melon taste juice product as 100% melon, it contained only 2% melon juice, while the remaining 98% was grape, apple and banana juice, the agency said, adding that this amounts to violation of the law against misleading representations.
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