Japan officially imports Vietnamese chicken

According to the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), from June 22, Japan officially agreed to import chicken meat from Vietnam.

Specifically, Japan agreed to import poultry meat and processed poultry meat products from Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd., headquartered in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, from June 22, 2017. The first batch of processed chicken breast products will be exported to the Japanese market with a quantity of 300 tons.

To achieve this result, since June 2016, the Department of Animal Health has supported and guided Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd. in Dong Nai province to develop a "Project for producing processed chicken meat in a closed chain for export to the Japanese market", submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for approval.

The Department of Animal Health has coordinated with Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd. to organize and implement programs to monitor poultry diseases and food safety; and to implement veterinary hygiene requirements for slaughterhouses and chicken processing plants for export according to Japan's requirements.

At the same time, the Vietnam Department of Animal Health has coordinated with Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd. to organize and implement programs to monitor poultry diseases and food safety; and to implement veterinary hygiene requirements for slaughterhouses and chicken processing plants for export according to Japan's requirements.

For the first time, Vietnamese poultry meat is allowed to be officially exported abroad and to the Japanese market, one of the most demanding markets in the world.

The Japanese Veterinary Department sent a veterinary inspection team to Vietnam to evaluate the export processed chicken production chain of Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd. from May 29, 2017 to May 30, 2017. The conclusion of the Japanese veterinary inspection team affirmed: Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd. ensures veterinary hygiene requirements for export to the Japanese market.

Previously, in March 2017, Koyu & Unitek Company inaugurated a new chicken processing factory to prepare for export to the Japanese market. In particular, the company invested 6 million USD to import machinery and technology lines from Japan to build a factory with a processing capacity of 50,000 chickens/day. The products of this factory are processed chicken such as fried chicken, chicken burgers, chicken balls... that meet export standards to the Japanese market.

Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd. is also the first enterprise in Vietnam to register and promote the export of chicken meat to the Japanese market. According to the Department of Animal Health, after Koyu & Unitek, at the end of May, CP Vietnam Livestock Co., Ltd. also registered to export processed chicken meat products to Japan.

The first batch of processed chicken breast products will be exported to the Japanese market in quantity of 300 tons.

In the coming time, the Department of Animal Health will continue to support and guide Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd. to register to export processed chicken meat to the EU market and some other markets, and expand the slaughterhouse and chicken processing plant of Koyu & Unitek Co., Ltd. in the Southeast region. At the same time, guide and support some other companies with the potential to export livestock and poultry meat to organize the development of a "Closed-chain production and processing project", build a slaughterhouse and chicken processing plant to export to the Japanese market.

This is the first time that Vietnamese poultry meat has been officially exported abroad and to the Japanese market, one of the most demanding markets in the world. At the same time, it is also good news for Vietnamese businesses when Vietnamese chicken meat is officially exported to a market that is considered to be demanding with very high requirements on disease safety and food safety, strict compared to other countries in the region and in the world.

According to VOV