The disguise of chicken producing area in Japanese market is hard to root out

Introduction: more and more Japanese consumers are skeptical of the authenticity of such commodity logos, according to the Japanese economic news on the 16th, because the well-known "snow print food" company in Japan even disguised imported beef as Japanese domestic beef with high consumer trust Now Japan mainly imports chicken from the United States, Thailand, Brazil and China, with a large share in the quantity In terms of the total domestic chicken supply in Japan, the proportion of imported chicken is about 30% The main advantage of imported chicken is its low price Taking the wholesale price of chicken leg meat as an example, the price of products imported from China is 300 yen, while the price of domestic products of the same specification is more than 600 yen per kilogram It is precisely because of the price gap between the imported meat and the domestic meat that the event of camouflage origin of meat in the Japanese market will continue to happen In recent months, most of the chicken camouflage incidents found in the Japanese market occurred in chicken products imported from China, because the Chinese products were shipped to Japan the closest and the shortest time Market people all know that chicken is not easy to keep fresh, and the shelf life is relatively short, so in principle, most of them need to be transported in the frozen state However, due to the short distance between China and Japan, Chinese chicken can be refrigerated and transported without freezing, and the temperature can be kept above or below zero Compared with the cold chicken, the difference between cold chicken and fresh chicken is smaller, easier to disguise, and the consumer is also very different In recent years, frozen chicken exported from the United States has made great progress in thawing technology Even chicken with bone can be thawed and boned quickly, and then labeled as "domestic chicken" with Japanese domestic products It is difficult to identify the real "identity" of chicken sales professionals, especially ordinary consumers The chicken circulation system in Japanese market is relatively complex, and every link of it has to be profitable Chicken imported from the United States, China, Thailand, Brazil and other countries is sold to meat production companies, meat wholesale companies or meat retail stores by import agencies The sales channels of domestic chicken in Japan are as follows: the chicken farmers sell the chicken to the meat production companies with which they sign the contract, the meat production companies sell the products to the wholesale companies, and the meat wholesale companies sell the products to the retailers, which is the fourth link In fact, as early as a few years ago, some retail stores selling domestic chicken in some areas of Japan found packaging cartons for imported chicken After the camouflage event was exposed, consumers were cautious about meat consumption for a long time, and the consumption dropped significantly, which shocked the sellers For the sake of long-term interests, some retailers changed their practices and reduced the number of disguises However, due to the continuous decline of Japanese broiler farmers, the market supply of broilers still depends on imports from abroad to a large extent Due to the preference of market consumption and the drive of high profits, it is necessary to make considerable efforts to completely eliminate the occurrence of camouflage of origin.