福岡県保健環境研究所年報第42号， 126－127，2015

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Chicken derivative food supply chains in Fukuoka Prefecture, JapanKoichi Murakami
Chicken derivative food supply chains from farm to retail outlet were investigated in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
[Key Words: Chicken meat, chicken product, supply chains]
1 Introduction

repacked for retail sale as items such as thighs at packing stations

Chicken meat is one of the most important vehicles for1,2)

that are run by wholesale companies or retail outlets (for example,Salmonella . Understanding the chicken supply chain is alsosupermarkets). These retail packs (about 100 g–300 g) are sold in

important to defend against Salmonella contamination fromretail outlets. Thigh meat is more popular than breast meat inchicken product. The chicken supply chain consists of stages

Japan. Some chicken meat for retail sale is packed in the retailincluding primary production, processing, distribution, handlingoutlet without using packing stations. Kokunai-Meigaradori, spent1)

and preparation . Each stage influences the Salmonella

layer chickens and mother hens of commercial broilers arecontamination at the final preparation stage. Although chickendistributed separately. Retail outlets purchase these chicken meat

meat supply chain systems are known to be different between

portions and giblets from several wholesale companies and/orcountries3), no data are available for Japan.

slaughterhouses. In some retail outlets, portions of the same typefrom different companies and/or slaughterhouses are sometimes

2 Methods

combined for sale in the same packs.

The methods for the supply chains of chicken derivative
foods in Fukuoka Prefecture were studied using several sources:

4 Discussion

reports4) and personal communication with veterinarians from theKnowledge on Chicken derivative food supply chains

Japan Chicken Association and the Fukuoka prefectural

could help decrease Salmonella contamination in chicken

government.

derivative foods.

3 Results

Acknowledgments

Figure 1 shows the variations in chicken derivative food

We are grateful to Dr. Koga for his invaluable advice on

supply chains in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Domestic chicken

chicken derivative food supply chains. We thank the foodmeat comprised about 73% of the Japanese retail chicken meat

hygiene inspectors and veterinarians of the Fukuoka prefectural4)

market in 2003 . More than 90% of domestic chicken meat

government for collecting the samples and for their advice. This

comes from broilers5). The other chicken meat consists ofwork was supported in part by the Japan Society for theKokunai-Meigaradori (domestic branded chicken, some from

Promotion of Science KAKENHI, Grant No. 24590846, and thenative chicken lines), spent layer chickens (so-called boiling hens)

Daido Life Welfare Foundation, Osaka, Japan.

and mother hens of commercial broilers (mainly for sashimi ortataki, both made of raw chicken). The number of broiler farms in6)

Japan was 2,392 in 2009 . Slaughterhouses produce large 2 kg

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subetegawakaruhon(inFig. 1. Variations in chicken meat and processed chicken meat supply chains in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Most
packing stations are run by wholesale companies, supermarkets or mass merchandiser outlets. “Tataki” is thin slices ofraw chicken with a briefly roasted surface (processed chicken meat). “Sashimi” is thin slices of raw chicken, made frommother hens of commercial broilers.

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