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  • The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is mainly responsible for the fields of health care, social welfare, and labor policy. MHLW is responsible for food safety, mainly focusing on the import and circulation stage of food. It has 13 internal agencies. Among them, the Medical Life and Health Bureau is responsible for the safety and sanitation of food and drugs, and the Food Safety Department is involved in food management. The responsibilities of the Ministry of Food Safety are to: supervise the quality and safety of food in the processing and distribution links; formulate standards for pesticide and veterinary drug residues in food and sanitation and safety standards for processed foods; inspect the safety of imported foods; review the business licenses of food processing enterprises; investigate and handle food poisoning Incidents and release food safety information, etc.

  • The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) was formally established in January 2001. MAFF is mainly responsible for the safety of fresh agricultural products and their primary processed products, focusing on the production and processing stages of food. Its subordinate Consumer Safety Bureau aims to provide safe food, formulate pest control measures, provide timely and correct food safety information, and ensure the safety of food from farm to table. For the needs of quarantine and quarantine, MAFF has established two facility units: the Plant Quarantine Station and the Animal Quarantine Station, mainly for import and export food.

  • The main administrative department of the Cabinet of Japan's highest administrative body.

  • The Consumer Affairs Agency is an agency directly under the Cabinet Office established on September 1, 2009. The background of the establishment is mainly the occurrence of food hygiene and safety incidents in Japan year after year, especially the defective labeling of food in circulation, which has caused misleading and loss to consumers, in order to reduce the insufficiency of responding to the incident after the incident, and cross-departmental problem solving. Disadvantages, to meet the demands of consumers, the Consumer Agency was created. At present, Consumer Affairs Agency is not only responsible for the investigation and handling of consumer disputes and food safety supervision, but also the supervision of food labeling and health food.

  • The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is mainly responsible for the fields of health care, social welfare, and labor policy. MHLW is responsible for food safety, mainly focusing on the import and circulation stage of food. It has 13 internal agencies. Among them, the Medical Life and Health Bureau is responsible for the safety and sanitation of food and drugs, and the Food Safety Department is involved in food management. The responsibilities of the Ministry of Food Safety are to: supervise the quality and safety of food in the processing and distribution links; formulate standards for pesticide and veterinary drug residues in food and sanitation and safety standards for processed foods; inspect the safety of imported foods; review the business licenses of food processing enterprises; investigate and handle food poisoning Incidents and release food safety information, etc.

  • The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) was formally established in January 2001. MAFF is mainly responsible for the safety of fresh agricultural products and their primary processed products, focusing on the production and processing stages of food. Its subordinate Consumer Safety Bureau aims to provide safe food, formulate pest control measures, provide timely and correct food safety information, and ensure the safety of food from farm to table. For the needs of quarantine and quarantine, MAFF has established two facility units: the Plant Quarantine Station and the Animal Quarantine Station, mainly for import and export food.

  • The main administrative department of the Cabinet of Japan's highest administrative body.

  • The Consumer Affairs Agency is an agency directly under the Cabinet Office established on September 1, 2009. The background of the establishment is mainly the occurrence of food hygiene and safety incidents in Japan year after year, especially the defective labeling of food in circulation, which has caused misleading and loss to consumers, in order to reduce the insufficiency of responding to the incident after the incident, and cross-departmental problem solving. Disadvantages, to meet the demands of consumers, the Consumer Agency was created. At present, Consumer Affairs Agency is not only responsible for the investigation and handling of consumer disputes and food safety supervision, but also the supervision of food labeling and health food.

  • Japan’s legislature enjoys the highest legislative power.