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Chinese Honey Supplier Arrested for Allegedly Conspiring to Evade Restrictions on Imported Honey

Published in Health Business Week, May 22nd, 2009

A Chinese executive of a honey manufacturer in China was arrested early today in Los Angeles on federal charges filed in Chicago for allegedly conspiring to illegally import honey that was falsely identified as coming from the Philippines to avoid U.S. anti-dumping duties. The defendant, Yong Xiang Yan, was arrested without incident three days after he entered the United States voluntarily and before departing on a domestic flight today at Los Angeles International Airport, announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and Gary J. Hartwig, Special Agent-in-Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chicago.

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