| 41. | It is principally a pork company, with a joint venture Associated Meat Packers ( AMP ) producing beef products.
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| 42. | With demand weaker, meat packers this week lowered their bids for live animals, further pushing futures prices down, analysts said.
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| 43. | Nippon Meat Packers said it sold 930 tons of beef through an industry group acting on behalf of the government.
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| 44. | Dozens of department stores and supermarkets across the country have since announced they were withdrawing Nippon Meat Packers'products from shelves.
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| 45. | Nikon Corp ., Kajima Corp . and Nippon Meat Packers Inc . are among the companies to report next week.
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| 46. | When the bill was debated on the House floor 13 days later, legislators paid little heed to the meat packers'objections.
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| 47. | In the days and weeks after the discovery, meat packers and processors across the country laid off staff and cut production.
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| 48. | But Gill and Davis said the meat packers, beef wholesalers and retailers haven't lowered prices accordingly for customers and beef consumers.
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| 49. | That cheap corn is then bought by large farms, which feed it to animals, leading to profitable business for meat packers.
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| 50. | Separately, the government is to investigate the case, and may file a criminal complaint against Nippon Meat Packers, Kyodo News reported.
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