中国及台湾出産鰻魚被充當日本鰻魚

Last month the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

国産ウナギかば焼き９トン、実は中国・台湾産

　中国や台湾産のウナギを静岡県産や国産と偽って販売したとして、静岡県は２１日、同県吉田町のウナギ養殖販売会社「大井川うなぎ販売」（藪崎周二社長）に対し、日本農林規格（ＪＡＳ）法と景品表示法に基づき、表示改善を指示した。

　産地を偽装したウナギはかば焼きに加工され、昨春以降、少なくとも約９トンが１０都道県の卸売業者に販売されたといい、県警は２１日、同社などを不正競争防止法違反（誤認惹起(じゃっき)）容疑で捜索した。

　県の発表によると、同社は２０１２年４月～１３年７月、中国産や台湾産のウナギを、加工５業者（１社は廃業）とともに静岡県産かば焼きなどと偽装し、卸売業者に販売した。県は、加工４業者にもＪＡＳ法に基づく改善指示を行った。

（2013年10月22日10時45分 読売新聞）

(試譯文)

On the 21st (October) the Shizuoka Prefecture, based on the Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS) Method and the Law for Preventing Misleading Representation, pointed to the eel cultivation and sales company "The Oigawa Eel Trading" (President Shuji Yabusaki) of the Yoshida town in the same prefecture for display improvement because the company pretended their eels as from China and Taiwan, and sold them as a product from Shizuoka, or from domestic production.

The eel with its place of production misrepresented was processed into kabayaki. It was said that since last spring at least about 9 tons were sold to the wholesalers in 10 locations in different prefectures, counties and the capital. On the 21st the Prefecture Police searched the company etc. on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (misconception inducement).

According to the prefecture’s announcement, using the eels from China and Taiwan, the company misrepresented them as kabayaki from Shizuoka. The product was processed by 5 contractors (one company had already given up its business), and sold it to the wholesalers from April 2012 to July 2013. The prefecture also gave directives to the four processing contractors to make improvement based on the JAS method.

The action taken by the prefecture is good news for all the consumers.