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Originally Posted by Strongside
I’ll take a pic of the menu. It’s from Japan. They have the breeder information included with the description.
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Make sure you ask to see the 10 digit "serial" number that must accompany the meat to the restaurant or butcher shop.
Then you can check that serial number here:
https://www.id.nlbc.go.jp/top.html?pc
For carcasses certified as Kobe beef, a seal certifying the above-mentioned Kobe beef is stamped on four parts, and "Kobe meat test" is issued one by one.
※ However, for export to the United States, EU etc etc, it is not stamped on epidemic prevention.
"Kobe Beef" Kobe Beef Certificate of Authenticity "will be issued for each carcass. For, epidemic prevention, carcasses for export to the United States, the European Union and some other regions are not stamped with the mark.
They even have a list of stores and restaurants allowed to sell Kobe Beef. and a list of distributors and wholesalers.