Amid the rise in ESG investing in Japan, stakeholders have growing concern about animal welfare. Accordingly, in developing our hog farming business, we will observe best practices in countries with high ratings in animal welfare.

Biosecurity is an important part of animal welfare, as it protects the animals from disease. To minimize the spread of infectious diseases on the farm, the new farm in Miyagi uses separate barns to segregate early-weaning piglets from growing–finishing pigs, and these barns are well-sealed and windowless. It also has disinfection points that trucks pass through before entering the farm site. Additionally, at the distribution center, staff use smoke disinfectant on all articles that the person will bring into the farm. The farm also observes quarantine periods.
　Alongside these measures, the farm has installed backup generators to protect pigs from stress during emergencies. We are also considering the installation of an emergency alarm and a failsafe system. If the air conditioning malfunctions, the failsafe system releases the air pressure in the air curtain to ventilate the site.