Japan to import Thai chicken meat after lifting decade-old ban

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Japan to import Thai chicken meat after lifting decade-old ban
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BANGKOK, Dec 21 – Japan will resume importing fresh chicken meat from Thailand after a nine-year ban due to the bird flu pandemic, according to the Thai agriculture ministry.

Yukol Lim-laemthong, caretaker deputy prime minister/agriculture minister, said after a meeting with Shigekosu Sato, Japanese ambassador to Thailand, that Japan will lift the ban this month, which was imposed in 2004, after finding that the kingdom has been free from bird flu for four consecutive years.

The Thai Livestock Department will issue animal health certificates and submit the names of 26 companies to Japan for approval, and thoroughly control the domestic manufacturing process to ensure safety, he said.

Thailand will export about 300,000 tonnes of fresh chicken meat next year, where the original export volume was 500,000 tonnes.

Mr Yukol said Thailand will have to be on extra alert for bird flu since it takes years to re-export after a hiccup, adding that South Korea is another potential market for Thai chicken meat. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-12-21

[ginjag]

Chicken 1 kilo------buy 1 get 1 free ( kilo rice)

[davetrout]

cock a-doddle-do

[noitom]

The Japanese are planning to eat "fresh" Thai chicken meat again. This is great news.

[JoeThePoster]

What's the latest price of Fukushima melons?

[Chook]

Hi Admin could you please PM me with the names (&possible contacts) for the 5 chicken meat exports

Chook

[ratcatcher]

The sight of those juicy tender young thighs made me quite hungry.

[ginjag]

The sight of those juicy tender young thighs made me quite hungry.

Where was the young lady ??? I never saw her.

[Thai at Heart]

Mr laemtong of laemtong poultry must be happy.

[ginjag]

Mr laemtong of laemtong poultry must be happy.

But not the chickens.

[Costas2008]

ratcatcher, on 21 Dec 2013 - 13:29, said:

The sight of those juicy tender young thighs made me quite hungry.

I prefer the picture of Yingluck........get quite hungry also!

[MJP]

What's the latest price of Fukushima melons?

The Champion Growers' show was the best on record this year.

[connda]

Well considering that Japanese chicken glows in the dark nowadays, I can understand why they're importing.

[Local Drunk]

After eating the chicken I just bought at the market I have to disagree with their decision.

[connda]

I've had food poisoning twice in Thailand. Both time after eating at Internationally know hamburger franchises. I've never been ill from any food bought at a market, restaurant, or street vendor -- well, other than the trots. It took a couple of years to get use to the local bacteria. As far a meat goes, I generally eat chicken or fish.

Edited December 21, 2013 by connda

[belg]

so they dont care about antibiotics & other bad stuff?

[DGIE]

Mr laemtong of laemtong poultry must be happy.

But not the chickens.

[DGIE]

I am thinking that there maybe many KFCs in Japan?

and when the chicken meat are sold in Japan, it becomes very expensive

because of the shipping cost and other costs

[h90]

so they dont care about antibiotics & other bad stuff?

yes they demand that there are enough antibiotics inside so the people don't die from food poisoning

[JoeThePoster]

What's the latest price of Fukushima melons?

The Champion Growers' show was the best on record this year.

The two-headed girl with three eyes had the best melons.

[Tokay]

Lots of their livestock are dying from radiation. The Japanese are going to need all the food they can get in the future.

[Sayonarax]

As if anyone wants radiation food from Japan.. you got some nerve telling the Thais about food standards when half your fishing industry is contaminated with nuclear radiation.

Id rather eat an Issan chicken than a nuked fish from japan..