Japan Chicken Production Association on the import of Chinese chicken to agriculture, forestry and aquatic products

Introduction: Japan's domestic chicken production association puts pressure on the government through the LDP Food Safety Committee (which has the right to question the policies of relevant government departments), trying to reduce the amount of chicken imports and safeguard the interests of its own enterprises Last year, a series of quarantine problems even made the domestic chicken production association cheer up The Japanese government has always adhered to the principle of free trade and will not ban the import of a certain product or a certain country's product under the pretext of quarantine However, it is imperative to carry out more strict and wider inspection of chicken products At the beginning of this year, the Japan chicken production association submitted the investigation report on China's poultry quarantine system to the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and consulted the summary report on a series of food safety problems occurred in the chicken imported by the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries last year The Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries raised questions about the precision inspection of frozen chicken The chicken production association said that 11 samples containing avian influenza virus were found in 305 samples of precision inspection last year, accounting for 3.6% Based on this, it is estimated that about 7000 tons of China's imported 200000 tons of frozen chicken products are contaminated by avian influenza every year The chicken production association has asked the Japanese government to take more stringent measures against the import of frozen chicken products from China.