About temporary measures to suspend import of poultry meat, poultry meat etc. from Minnesota State, USA
Ministry of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries October 23, Heisei 30
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries today took measures to temporarily suspend imports of live poultry, poultry meat, etc. from the state of Minnesota in the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the "US"). 1. Background
Today (Tuesday, October 23, Heisei 30), the US government reported that the occurrence of low-pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2 subtype) was confirmed on the turkey farm in Minnesota State, USA. 2. Supported
Today, we temporarily suspended imports of living poultry, poultry meat, etc from the state of Minnesota, the United States, in order to take all possible precautions to prevent invasion of the same disease into our country .
【Living housekeeping】
whole area of Minnesota
【poultry flesh etc】
Area within 10km radius from the place of occurrence in Minnesota State
* It is not possible to stop domestic poultry, poultry meat etc. living in the originating country, It is to prevent the living poultry raised in the virus from infecting the virus, not for food hygiene.
(Reference) Import results of live poultry, poultry meat etc. from the United States
Source: Ministry of Finance "Trade Statistics"
According to statistics released by the US Department of Agriculture (2017) (2017), the proportion of Minnesota state to total production in the United States is about 0.6% for broilers, about 0.6% for eggs 3.3%.
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Ministry of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries October 23, Heisei 30
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries today took measures to temporarily suspend imports of live poultry, poultry meat, etc. from the state of Minnesota in the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the "US"). 1. Background
Today (Tuesday, October 23, Heisei 30), the US government reported that the occurrence of low-pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2 subtype) was confirmed on the turkey farm in Minnesota State, USA. 2. Supported
Today, we temporarily suspended imports of living poultry, poultry meat, etc from the state of Minnesota, the United States, in order to take all possible precautions to prevent invasion of the same disease into our country .
【Living housekeeping】
whole area of Minnesota
【poultry flesh etc】
Area within 10km radius from the place of occurrence in Minnesota State
* It is not possible to stop domestic poultry, poultry meat etc. living in the originating country, It is to prevent the living poultry raised in the virus from infecting the virus, not for food hygiene.
(Reference) Import results of live poultry, poultry meat etc. from the United States
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
Live chicken's chick (feather) | 81, 161 | 168, 316 | 121, 527 |
(Japan's total import volume) | (487, 461) | (557, 941) | (402, 169) |
Fish meat etc (tons) | 24, 128 | 22,499 | 22,788 |
(Japan's total import volume) | (947, 399) | (985, 915) | (1,068,322) |
Poultry egg (ton) | 7,492 | 8,537 | 11, 467 |
(Japan's total import volume) | (26, 905) | (24, 753) | (26, 607) |
According to statistics released by the US Department of Agriculture (2017) (2017), the proportion of Minnesota state to total production in the United States is about 0.6% for broilers, about 0.6% for eggs 3.3%.
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