The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is requesting inspections from poultry farms nationwide in response to the record-breaking outbreak of bird flu.

As a result of the inspection conducted this month, although the number of places that comply with the national hygiene management standards is increasing, more than 10% of the small poultry farms still did not have sufficient disinfection when entering and exiting the poultry house. I understand.

Since November last year, bird flu has occurred in 50 poultry farms in 17 prefectures, and the number of slaughtered birds has reached a record high of 9.7 million.



The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has been requesting voluntary inspections from poultry farms since December last year to see if national hygiene management standards are being followed, and announced the results of inspections conducted at more than 14,000 locations nationwide this month.

As a result, the least protected items were 9.1% by using special clothes and shoes when entering the premises such as poultry farms, followed by 8.9 by using special shoes for each poultry house. %was.



In addition, disinfection of hands and fingers when entering poultry houses was 6.7%, and installation and repair of nets to prevent the invasion of wild animals was 3.9%.

It has improved compared to December last year, but in less than 100 chickens and about 10% of the small ones, disinfection when entering the poultry house and using special shoes for each poultry house etc. It means that it was not protected about.



The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has decided to promote improvements through prefectures for poultry farms that do not comply with the standards.