Brands of Akita: beef, jidori chicken and pork

This guide lists 6 brands from Akita (4 beef, 1 chicken and 1 pork). Only brands in this guide are counted; it is not a complete list for Akita. One is registered as a Geographical Indication (GI): Kazuno Beef. By breed, the beef brands require Japanese Black (3) and Japanese Shorthorn (1). Meat quality grade conditions: Akita Yuri Beef grade 4 or higher, Mitsunashi Beef grade 4 or higher, Akita Beef grade 3 or higher and the other 1 set no quality grade. Rearing period conditions for chicken: Hinai Jidori 100+ days for males and 150+ for females. The one pork brand, Hachimantai Pork, does not set a grade condition and does not set a feed condition. With 6 brands, Akita ranks 4th of the 46 prefectures that have any (tied with 2 others). The Tohoku region has 21 brands in this guide (Aomori 3, Iwate 3, Miyagi 2, Akita 6, Yamagata 4 and Fukushima 3).