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Japan’s Warabeya shares drop after cockroach found in 7-Eleven rice balls
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Employees work at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, Japan December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Warabeya Nichiyo (TYO:) saw its shares lose more than 4% on Monday after the food maker disclosed two instances of cockroaches being found inside its rice that were sold at a 7-Eleven convenience store last week.
Warabeya Nichiyo said it had received two separate notices that plum-flavoured rice balls made at a subsidiary’s factory and sold at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Saitama, north of Tokyo, contained the pest.
“We sincerely apologise for great inconvenience and discomfort this has caused to our customers,” the Tokyo-based company said in a statement on Friday.
Its stock ended down 4.4% after losing as much as 8.6% at one point. The benchmark share average closed slightly up on the day.
Warabeya Nichiyo said it has recalled nearly 2,000 rice balls made at the same factory and sold at 373 7-Eleven stores on Thursday and Friday.
The factory’s production lines were shut down and sanitised, it said.
Shares of 7-Eleven owner Seven & i Holdings (TYO:) ended roughly flat.
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