Food Control - Import notifications (2022)
In Japan, in 2022, a total of 114 import notifications of fisheries and aquaculture products were recorded by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). The notifications were organized into the following categories: microbiological, chemical and toxins.
As summarized in the table below, most notifications were due to microbiological issues with 81 cases, followed by chemical with 32 cases and by toxins with one case. It is important to highlight that there was a decrease of the total number of cases of import notifications from 121 in 2021 to 114 in 2022.
Import notifications by category (Number cases - 2021)
| Month | Microbiological | Chemical | Toxins | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| February | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| March | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| April | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| May | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| July | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| August | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| September | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| October | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| November | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| December | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 81 | 32 | 1 | 114 |
Source: MHLW
Percentage of the causes
As shown below, microbiological cases account for 70 percent of the total notifications, chemical for 29 percent and toxins for one percent.