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50% of Japan restaurants in Moscow serving less fresh dishes: survey+(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)MOSCOW, April 7_(Kyodo) _ About half of Japanese restaurants in Moscow surveyed are offering sushi and other Japanese dishes whose freshness is below government-set levels, Russian news media reported Friday. The government's bureau in charge of economic crime carried out the survey, prompted by the outbreak of a mass food-poisoning incident at a Japanese-style restaurant, the reports said. Bureau officials have found numerous foodstuffs several weeks or months past their expiration dates when they examined freshness of sushi, sashimi and other items, according to the Interfax news agency an other local news outlets. The government has decided to file criminal complaints against those restaurants which continue to use expired ingredients even after being ordered to improve operations. Sushi and other low-calorie Japanese foods are popular among health-conscious Russians in Moscow. |