Yukijirushi controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2002
Snow Brand Foods beef-labeling fraud
Snow Brand Foods admitted that imported beef had been falsely represented as domestic beef in an effort to benefit from a government buyback scheme. The incident damaged the wider Snow Brand group and led to the subsidiary's dissolution. Snow Brand Foods admitted that imported beef had been falsely represented as domestic beef in an effort to benefit from a government buyback scheme created during the BSE-related disruption of the Japanese beef market. The incident damaged the wider Snow Brand group, was treated as fraud and a serious breach of food-labeling rules, and led to the subsidiary's dissolution.
2002
Domestic-beef mislabeling scandal
Snow Brand was implicated in relabeling imported beef as domestic beef to obtain reimbursement under a government buyback scheme. The case became a major corporate-governance and consumer-deception scandal and accelerated the breakup and reorganization of the former group. Snow Brand-related businesses were implicated in labeling imported beef as domestic beef in connection with a public support scheme. The episode intensified scrutiny of the group and contributed to its corporate breakup and reorganization.
2000
Snow Brand milk food-poisoning crisis
Milk products associated with a Snow Brand processing facility in Osaka were linked to a mass food-poisoning outbreak in Japan. The crisis exposed weaknesses in sanitation, raw-material handling, traceability, internal reporting, and crisis communication, prompting recalls, investigations, regulatory action, and a major restructuring of the business. Criticism also focused on the company's handling of returned products and its crisis communications. Contaminated milk products associated with Snow Brand caused a large food-poisoning outbreak. The incident exposed weaknesses in handling, traceability, internal reporting, and crisis response, and led to recalls, investigations, regulatory action, and lasting damage to the brand. A contamination incident involving Snow Brand milk products led to illness reports, product recalls, regulatory intervention and a major loss of consumer trust. Criticism also focused on the company's handling of returned products and its crisis communications.