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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 05:30 | Lifestyle, Japan, AllA 42-year-old butcher in western Japan has developed an emergency food that can also be eaten by infants and pets when families take shelter with limited resources in times of disaster.
Akihiko Yasui, who runs a butcher shop in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, says his experience in a powerful typhoon last September inspired him to create such an emergency food.
His newly developed emergency food -- dubbed "Sonae," or "preparedness" in Japanese -- features horse meat, a source of protein known to cause few allergy problems.
The emergency food, which can be kept at room temperature for about a year, sells in 250-gram packs at Yasui's store for 864 yen ($8).
"If you evacuate from home with this, you can secure food for your family and pets for the time being," he said.