Brands of Gunma: beef, jidori chicken and pork

This guide lists 4 brands from Gunma (2 beef, 1 chicken and 1 pork). Only brands in this guide are counted; it is not a complete list for Gunma. None of them is registered as a Geographical Indication (GI). By breed, the beef brands require Crossbred (Japanese Black × Holstein) (1) and Japanese Black (1). Meat quality grade conditions: Joshu Beef grade 2 or higher and Joshu Wagyu grade 2 or higher. Joshu Jidori sets no rearing period. The one pork brand, Joshu Mugibuta, does not set a grade condition and sets a feed condition. Gunma Meat Quality Improvement Council issues 3 of these brands: Joshu Beef, Joshu Mugibuta and Joshu Wagyu. With 4 brands, Gunma ranks 13th of the 46 prefectures that have any (tied with 7 others). The Kanto region has 21 brands in this guide (Ibaraki 4, Tochigi 5, Gunma 4, Saitama 2, Chiba 1, Tokyo 2 and Kanagawa 3).