• Japanese
• Food
• Giant
• Meiji
• Ajinomoto
• Nissin
• Use
• Biotechnology
• Create
• Alternative
• Food
• Technology

Meiji Holding Co. uses cell technology to cultivate cocoa, the raw material for chocolate, and Ajinomoto Co. applies proteins generated by microorganisms to food products. Food supply may be in short supply due to climate anomalies and population increase

• Japan
• MAFF
• Japanese
• Agricultural
• Forestry
• Aquatic
• Products
• Export
• China
• Fall
• 2024

Japan's Kyodo News agency reported that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) announced on the 2nd that the export value of agricultural, forestry and water products and food in the first half of 2024 was 701.3 billion y

• Japan
• MHLW
• Release
• Draft
• Revision
• Food
• Food
• Additive
• Standard

On July 29, 2024, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) issued Proposal No. 235110003 to revise some food and food additive specifications and standards.

• Japan
• Eel
• Poison
• StaphylococcusAureus
• Food
• Accident

On the 24th and 25th of this month, 147 consumers suffered from vomiting and diarrhea after consuming eel and eel rice sold by a store, and one of them, a woman in her 90s, died.

• Taiwan
• Relax
• Restriction
• Japanese
• Food
• Imports
• Fukushima
• Nuclear
• Power
• Food
• Safety

On July 23rd, the Health and Welfare Department of Taiwan announced plans to further relax the regulatory measures imposed on Japanese food imports after the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

• Investigation
• Report
• KOBAYASHI
• PHARMACEUTICAL
• Neglect
• Control
• Penicillium

On July 23, 2024, according to Japanese media news, KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL Company released a report of external experts investigating the response to health damage related to health products containing monascus ingredients.

• Japan
• KOBAYASHI
• PHARMACEUTICAL
• Health
• Care
• Products
• Monascus
• Ingredients
• 100
• Deaths
• Food
• Accident

According to Japanese media news, as of July 10, the number of people suspected to have died due to taking KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL Company health products containing monascus ingredients, and the specific cause of death is under investigation increased t

• Japan
• KOBAYASHI
• PHARMACEUTICAL
• Health
• Care
• Products
• Monascus
• Ingredients
• 93
• Deaths
• Food
• Accident

As of July 5, the number of consumers suspected to have died because of taking KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL company's health care products containing monascus ingredients increased to 93 people.

• Japan
• Propose
• Revision
• Food
• Additive
• Specification
• Standards

On June 10, 2024, the Consumer Affairs Agency of Japan issued document 235110002, which is to revise the standard for food additives, with a comment period ending on July 9, 2024.

• Japan
• Morinaga
• Food
• Recall
• Snacks
• Contaminate
• Animal
• Feces
• Food
• Contamination

Japan's Morinaga Co. is urgently recalling about 190,000 packages of small round biscuits due to foreign matter that may have been mixed with the product, according to Japanese media sources in a product recall announcement posted on its official web