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Japan starts culling chickens, ducks after bird flu outbreak-media

​Nov 29 Japan started culling more than 300,000 chickens and ducks after a highly contagious form of bird flu was found in two locations in the north of the country, Kyodo news reported on Tuesday.

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Flooding fuels China's food safety concerns

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