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ThePoultrySite Latest News
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wholesale Egg Prices Set to Rise JAPAN - The country's largest egg distributor will raise prices on 1 August.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H5N1 Confirmed in Japanese Swans JAPAN - A Japanese national institute of animal health confirmed Tuesday that the H5 strain of the bird flu virus detected in several dead and dying swans in northeastern Akita Prefecture last week belongs to the highly virulent H5N1 strain.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Japan Temporarily Bans Poultry from South Korea JAPAN - According to local officials, Japan has temporarily halted poultry imports from South Korea because of a bird flu outbreak among ducks.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Soaring to Dizzying Heights with New Thai Plant TOKYO - A new state of the art poultry processing plant, recently opened in Thailand, has an estimated production capacity of a whopping 30,000 tonnes when its second phase is complete.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Life Begins At 40 For Nippon Chunky JAPAN - Aviagen were delighted to celebrate the 40th birthday of Nippon Chunky, Aviagen's Ross distributor in Japan, at their Okayama Headquarters recently.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Mitsubishi Launches Bid for KFC Japan JAPAN - Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. launched a tender offer worth up to $268 million to boost its stake in Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd., which owns more than 1,500 KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in Japan.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Chicken Firm Inspected Over Mislabeling Meat, Eggs JAPAN - The Akita prefectural government inspected a food processing company in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on suspicion of selling mislabelled smoked chicken meat and eggs, prefectural government officials said.
Friday, October 12, 2007
'Fake' Chickens Rattle Consumers JAPAN - Consumer faith in food safety is once again in peril after chicken mislabeled as "Nagoya Cochin," a popular variety of chicken, was shipped to Aichi Prefecture and areas around Tokyo.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Japanese Poultry Import Ban 'A Shame' JAPAN - The president of the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council has called the Japanese reaction to the discovery of avian flu at a Saskatchewan farm “a shame,” despite the fact that exports to Japan account for less than 10 per cent of total...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Japanese Chickens Stop Scours In Kiwi Calves JAPAN - Antibodies made by Japanese chickens are helping New Zealand calves fight potentially fatal scours.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Japan imports less meat in June JAPAN - Japanese protein imports in June fell in all three major categories – beef, pork and chicken – compared with the same month last year.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Police Consider Charges Over 'Pure Beef' Scam SAPPORO - The scandal over Meat Hope's bogus "100-percent beef" products deepened Sunday when Hokkaido police started a criminal investigation that could lead to fraud charges against the companies involved.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Tainted Food Company Admits Mislabeling Domestic Chicken Meat As Brazilian JAPAN - A local food processing company, under fire for mixing pork with minced beef used for croquettes and other food, admitted Thursday that it also mislabeled domestic chicken meat it had shipped as Brazilian meat.
Monday, June 11, 2007
LDP Panel Wants SDF To Take Aim At Harmful Animals JAPAN - Members of a Liberal Democratic Party panel want to give Self-Defense Forces' members the legal right to fire their weapons--at animals threatening the agriculture and fisheries industries.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Japan Poultry Import Applications Resumed JAPAN - The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (May 22) announced that the processing of applications for importing poultry and poultry products from Miyazaki and Okayama Prefectures of Japan would resume with immediate effect.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Sun Exports Again After 3-Year Break JAPAN - Sun Group, an integrated poultry business, has resumed exporting chicken meat after a three-year suspension due to bird flu.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Japanese poultry import ban lifted JAPAN - The Centre for Food Safety will resume processing applications for importing Japanese poultry and poultry products, except from the prefectures of Miyazaki and Okayama.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Newcastle Disease Hits Japan JAPAN - An outbreak of Newcastle disease has occurred in Tonami City, resulting in the destruction of 8,700 birds.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Japan holds bird flu drill JAPAN - Japan began a drill yesterday to test its readiness for dealing with a human case of bird flu, with a limping mock patient _ wearing a white mask and labelled "Mr A" _ being whisked to hospital in an ambulance and tested.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
International Egg and Poultry Review By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry, this week looking at the latest in Japan.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Salmonella found in 26% of egg farms JAPAN - Salmonella bacteria, which can cause potentially fatal food poisoning, were detected in more than 26 percent of egg-producing farms surveyed by the Japan Poultry Association (JPA).









