Specifications and Standards for Food, Food Additives, etc. Ministry of Health and Welfare Notification No. 370, 1959. Pays/Territoire Japon Type du document Miscellaneous Date 1959 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Additifs alimentaires Limite maximum de résidu Commerce international Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Normes Toxicité/empoisonnement Santé publique Protection du consommateur Médicaments Pesticides Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Asie Orientale, Pacifique Nord, Pacifique Nord Occidental Résumé 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. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.mhlw.go.jp Références - Législation Implemente Food Sanitation Act (Act No. 233 of 1947). Législation | Japon | 1947 (2018) Mot clé: Législation de base, Boissons, Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires, Additifs alimentaires, Hygiène/procédures sanitaires, Emballage/étiquetage, Transformation/manutention, Normes, Commerce international, Inspection, Certification, Autorisation/permis Source: FAO, FAOLEX