National legislation

The purposes of the present Act are, in light of the important role that food labelling plays in ensuring the safety of ingestion of food and securing the opportunity to make an autonomous and rational choice of food, to ensure proper food labelling by establishing standards...

The Act further provides for the establishment of a Food Safety Commission and defines its internal organization. The Commission will be charged with evaluating the safety of food products and monitoring the government's food safety policies. ...

The Order specifies cases in which relevant ministries shall hear the opinions of the Commission; defines the organization of the secretariat of the Commission; and provides for matters related to the management of the Commission. ...

The Government shall establish the following policies: a basic plan for food, agriculture and rural areas in order to promote a comprehensive and systematic implementation of these policies; food consumption policies in order to improve the management of food hygiene and quality as well as proper...

The Order further provides for: qualifications of Food Sanitation Inspectors; dairy products, food and food additives that may require an exclusive food sanitation supervisor; registration of Training Institutes for food sanitation supervisors; investigations on food poisoning; etc. ...

Article 1 lists the relevant products including raw silk, timber and plywood, and feeds made from agricultural products or livestock products as their raw materials or ingredients. There are provisions relating to grading to be carried out by registered grading organizations and certification of manufacturers....

These Regulations concern standardization and proper labelling of agricultural and forest products in Japan and consists of 78 Articles. There are articles relating to the Research Committee for the Standard for Agriculture and Forest products including provisions on its membership and operation. Article 25-26 relates to...

The Act is applied to foods, drinks, oils, and fats as well as other agricultural, forestry, livestock and fishery products and products made from them except liquors, drugs, cosmetics and regenerative medical products. It provides the legal basis for the Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS) and criteria...

This Law prescribes provisions in order to prevent the occurence of health hazards arising from human consumption of food. Articles 5 to 10 deal with matters related to the prohibition of sale of food and food additives which may injure human health. The Minister of Health,...