Former Michelin-star restaurant owner arrested after food poisonings

Members of a family who run a formerly Michelin-starred restaurant in western Japan were arrested Monday for ignoring an order to temporarily shut it down after a spate of food poisoning cases, investigative sources said.Hirokazu Kitano, 69, his son Hirotoshi, 41, and wife Noriko 68, have all been involved in operating traditional Japanese-style restaurant Kiichi in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, and are alleged to have violated the Food Sanitation Act.According to the prefectural government and other sources, the restaurant was handed a two-day business suspension order on Feb. 15 after …READ FULL ARTICLE