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FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION

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Administration of Food Safety

1. Introduction
2. Structure and Responsibilities of the Department of Food Safety
3. Outline of the Administration of Food Safety
   • Overview of Administration of Food Safety (PDF:112KB)
   • Relationship between national and local government (PDF:43KB)

Topics

• Imported Foods Inspection Service Home PageFebruary 8, 2010
• Positive List System for Agricultural Chemical Residues in Food
  • Guideline for Application for Establishment and Revision of Maximum Residue Limits for Agricultural Chemicals used outside Japan (Import Tolerance)
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy(BSE)
• Food Additives
• Food Produced by Recombinant DNA Techniques
• Food with Health Claims, Food for Special Dietary Uses, and Nutrition Labeling
• Food Allergies

• Food Sanitation Law (PDF)
• Specifications and Standards for Food, Food Additives, etc. Under The Food Sanitation Act (PDF)
• Ministerial Ordinance on Milk and Milk products Concerning Compositional Standards, etc. (PDF:404KB)
• Abattoir Law（PDF:237KB）
• Poultry Slaughtering Business Control And Poultry Inspection Law(PDF:270KB)
• The Food Safety Basic Law(PDF)

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