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Article: Japan Supermarket-Chain Operator Aeon Suspends Sale of Chinese Chicken Meat.
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- Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan)
- Article date:
- January 28, 2004
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Jan. 28--TOKYO -- Supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. has suspended the sale of Chinese chicken meat at its outlets following reports of a bird flu outbreak in China, company officials said Wednesday.
The Chinese chicken meat represents less than 1 percent of Aeon's total chicken meat sales, the officials said.
Cooked Chinese chicken meat used in prepared food will continue to be sold, they said.
Other major supermarket operators, such as Ito-Yokado Co. ...