Japan finds prohibited Vietnamese and Indonesian meat products in store

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) publicly named Le Chien Mart - Koga for selling meat products prohibited from import. An animal quarantine station inspected the store on September 29 and found it storing and selling prohibited items. The entire batch, weighing approximately 25.9 kilograms, was destroyed. The prohibited products included four items from Vietnam, such as chicken-feet products under the 'An Cung Ba Tuyet' brand, and beef and chicken sausages from Indonesia.

MAFF carried out the disclosure and destruction under Japan’s Act on Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Livestock. The incident highlights regulatory risks for meat exports from Vietnam and Indonesia to Japan. An Cung Ba Tuyet Food Joint Stock Company stated that it had not exported products under its brand to Japan.