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.
May 11, 2022On 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
May 07, 2022The 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
Apr 29, 2022On 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
Apr 29, 2022April 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
Apr 26, 2022On 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
Apr 21, 2022On 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
Apr 06, 2022The Japanese government recently said it would revise food labeling guidelines after consumers suspected that many of the clams (asari clam) printed in the southwestern region of Kumamoto were actually produced overseas.Japan's Consumer Affairs Agenc
Mar 31, 2022On February 24, 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued the Standard for Soy-Based Imitation Meat Foods (Standard No. JAS0019-2022). The main contents of the standard include the definition of soy-based imitation meat foo
Feb 28, 2022On February 4, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued a notice of 0204 No. 1, stating that due to the self-inspection at the time of import, the food produced by the enterprise named DALIAN HAIYU FOOD CO., LTD. was detected cyclamate.
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