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

País/Territorio
Japón
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2013 (2014)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Alimentación y nutrición
Palabra clave
Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos Higiene/procedimientos sanitarios Envasado/etiquetado Salud pública Normas Comercio interior Protección del consumidor Cumplimiento/aplicación Infracciones/sanciones
Área geográphica
Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Asia Oriental, Pacífico Norte, Pacífico Nordoeste
Resumen

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).

Texto completo
Inglés
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