(1)Kyoto chicken farm charged over bird flu outbreak

(1)Kyoto chicken farm charged over bird flu outbreak

HIMEJI, Japan - Hideaki Asada, president of Asada Nosan Co. based in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, speak with reporters near his company on March 31 before a criminal complaint was filed against him and his company that apparently failed to report a bird flu outbreak promptly to the authorities in February.

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