The plaintiff holds a press conference after filing the lawsuit in Otsu City on the afternoon of the 13th.
On the 13th, a male employee said that after making a public whistleblower report that food manufactured at the Otsuka Foods Shiga Plant (Konan City, Shiga Prefecture) had been contaminated with foreign substances, he was transferred to another department, treated unfavorably, and developed depression. filed a lawsuit with the Otsu District Court, demanding 2.2 million yen in damages from the company.
According to the complaint, in November 2021, black dust and green resin particles were detected in a plastic bag containing powdered food. As a result of an investigation by the quality control department to which the man belongs, it was discovered that he had been using plastic bags that should not be used to package food, and in June 2022, a public interest report was filed with the Shiga Prefecture Food Safety Monitoring Center.
A male employee complained, “The company says it will not retaliate against whistleblowers, but in reality retaliatory personnel appointments are rampant.”