Specifications and Standards for Food, Food Additives, etc. Ministry of Health and Welfare Notification No. 370, 1959. Country/Territory Japan Document type Miscellaneous Date 1959 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food additives MRL-maximum residue limit International trade Food quality control/food safety Standards Toxicity/poisoning Public health Consumer protection Drugs Pesticides Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The Minister of Health and Welfare has established the specifications and standards for food, food additives, based on articles 10 and 11 of Paragraph 1 of the Food Sanitation Law (Law No. 233, 1947). Part I dealing with General Composition Standards for Food 1, specifies that food shall not contain any antibiotics or chemically synthesized antibacterial substances (substances obtained by instigating chemical reactions to elements and/or compounds through chemical methods, except for decomposition, except for the following cases: 1) When the substance concerned is identical to the food additive determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as having no potential to cause damage to human health under Article 10 of the Food Sanitation Law; 2) When composition standards are set forth in 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 below for the substance concerned; 3) When the food product concerned has been manufactured or processed using a food ingredient that meets the composition standards (given in 5 to 9), etc. Food shall not contain substances (including substances produced by chemical transformation used as ingredients of agricultural chemicals and other chemical substances listed in the enclosed table. Full text English Website www.mhlw.go.jp References - Legislation Implements Food Sanitation Act (Act No. 233 of 1947). Legislation | Japan | 1947 (2018) Keyword: Basic legislation, Beverages, Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Packaging/labelling, Processing/handling, Standards, International trade, Inspection, Certification, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX