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Japan revised Specification Standards for Food, Additives, etc. (updated on May 20)

May 23, 2022

On May 20, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan issued the Notice No. 0520 of household food, saying that it is now amending the standards for residue limits of Uniconazole-P, ORONDIS, Cadusafos, Pyribencarb, Fenazaquin, Broflanilide and ac

Japan is seeking comments on the health impact evaluation of dicloxacillin

May 20, 2022

The Food safety Committee of the Cabinet Office of Japan held its 858th food safety Committee meeting on May 17, 2022 and conducted a food safety risk assessment of dicloxacillin.The Food Safety Committee considers that it basically does not cause harm to

Snickers contains one piece of 7mm glass in Japan

May 16, 2022

On May 15, # Snickers contain one piece of 7mm glass in Japan# topped the list.The Japanese affiliate of Mars group, the global confectionery giant, recently announced that 3.01 million Snickers chocolate products will be recalled due to the mixing of gla

Japan Proposes Reorganization of Positive List for Synthetic Resins

May 11, 2022

Japans Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has proposed a reorganization of the Positive Lists (PL) for synthetic resins for food utensils, containers, and packaging (UCP).By way of background, on April 28, 2020, MHLW published Notification No.

Japan to revise guidelines on fish and shellfish names

May 07, 2022

On April 27, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan issued consultation Document No. 235080065 to revise the Guidelines on Fish and Shellfish Names(the Guidelines are complementary documents to the Japanese Food Labelling Stand

Comments on the evaluation of the health effects of antinematode and 4 hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase herbicide soybean GMB151 were solicited in Japan

Apr 29, 2022

The Food Safety Committee of the JapaneseCabinet held its 856th food Safety Committee meeting on April 26, 2022.The food safety risk assessment was conducted on the antinematodeand 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase soybean GMB151, and the Food Safety Co

Japan is seeking comments on the health impact evaluation of protease produced from JPBL012 strains

Apr 29, 2022

On April 26, 2022, the 856thFood Safety Committee of the Japanese Cabinet held a food safety risk assessment of protease produced using JPBL012 strains.The Food Safety Commission has concluded that there is little risk to human health.The above content is

Japan to ban essences 3-acetyl-2 and 5-dimethylfuran

Apr 26, 2022

April 22, 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issuedNotification of Medicines, Daily Necessities and Foodstuffs0422 Notice No. 2, according to the National Institute of Medicine and Food Hygienestoxicity test results and the institut

Japan is seeking comments on a health impact assessment of paraquat

Apr 21, 2022

On April 20, the Food Safety Committee ofJapaneseCabinet announced that on April 19, 2022,the 855thround of the Food Safety Committeewas held, during which carried outthe food safety risk assessment of paraquat.The Food safety Committee formulated the acu

Japan Revises Food Labeling Standards

Apr 06, 2022

On March 30, 2022, the Cabinet Office of Japan issued Decree 21 to revise the Food Labeling Standards. The main contents of the revisions include: (1) Since high-oleic acid genetically modified soybeans can be cultivated by conventional means, they are no