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Food Labelling Act (Act No. 70 of 2013).

Country/Territory
Japan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2013 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Packaging/labelling Public health Standards Internal trade Consumer protection Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

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 and specifying other necessary information regarding labelling of food that is intended for sale (including assignment other than sale to unspecified or numerous persons), thereby promoting the interests of general consumers, and also to contribute to the protection and promotion of the health of the people, the smooth production and distribution of food, and the promotion of food production in response to consumer demand, in combination with the measures implemented under the Food Sanitation Act (Act No. 233 of 1947), the Health Promotion Act (Act No. 103 of 2002), and the Act on Standardization of Agricultural and Forestry Products (Act No. 175 of 1950). The text consists of 23 articles divided into 6 chapters as follows: General provisions (I); Food labelling standards (II); Measures against improper labelling (III); Demand for injunction and report (IV); Miscellaneous provisions (V); Penal provisions (VI).

Full text
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Website
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