Brands of Yamagata: beef, jidori chicken and pork

This guide lists 4 brands from Yamagata (2 beef, 1 chicken and 1 pork). Only brands in this guide are counted; it is not a complete list for Yamagata. One is registered as a Geographical Indication (GI): Yonezawa Gyu. By breed, the beef brands require Japanese Black (2). Meat quality grade conditions: Yamagata Beef grade 3 or higher and Yonezawa Gyu grade 3 or higher. Rearing period conditions for chicken: Yamagata Jidori up to 180 days. The one pork brand, Shonai Green Pork Boomin, does not set a grade condition and sets a feed condition. With 4 brands, Yamagata ranks 13th of the 46 prefectures that have any (tied with 7 others). The Tohoku region has 21 brands in this guide (Aomori 3, Iwate 3, Miyagi 2, Akita 6, Yamagata 4 and Fukushima 3).