Genetically Modified Food Labelling Standard. Country/Territory Japan Document type Miscellaneous Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Biotechnology Packaging/labelling Genetically modified organism (GMO) Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Standard relates to processed and perishable foods in Japan and concerns the genetically modified food labelling standard. It consists of 5 articles, i.e. Scope (1); Definitions (2); Labelling method (3); Processed food not requiring labelling (4); Labelling prohibitions (5). Article 2 defines relevant terms, genetically modified agricultural products defined as those agricultural products obtained through recombinant DNA techniques. Items subject to labelling are listed in the table as well as the ingredient to be labelled. Full text English