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05-27-2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyororin View Post
This is old news now.
The Japanese government directed dairy producers to redirect a percentage of the milk that was being used to produce cheese to producing butter.

For a month or so, yes, butter was outrageous (700 yen for a pack). Now it`s no longer so, and back to around 300 yen a pack with no visible shortages in the stores.

The prices have gone up enough to be painful for mass purchasers (bread producers, etc) but it`s no longer hitting the average consumer.
Thank you for calming the masses Nyororin.

No offense to the OP, but there are so many "POST1: questionable problem...POST2: Yeah Japanese do this..." which leads to a lot of misinformation. Japan gets all its butter from France???
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