Tag Archives: Japan

3rd Discussion on Japan’s Front-of Package Nutrition Labelling 2025

On December 24, 2024, the 3rd Discussion on the Japan’s of Front-of-Package Nutrition Labelling (FOPNL) 2024 (in Japanese) was held. Based on a survey of current nutrition labelling practices for processed foods (in Japanese), the discussion meeting addressed the following points.– Handling of foods where nutrient values cause deviations between “as sold” and “as consumed”… more »

Draft Amendments to the Food Labelling Standards and the Classification of Cashew Nuts and Pistachios as Allergens (Japan)

The draft amendments to the Food Labelling Standards (in Japanese), scheduled to be implemented in April 2025, have been published. The public comments for the amendments have been collected up to January 28. As for allergen labelling, the 7th Advisors’ Meeting on Food Allergen (21 January, 2025) (in Japanese) proposed that cashew nuts be included… more »

Summary of the status of legal changes on food labelling in Japan (2)~ Amendment of the Standard Values for Nutritional Labelling and Progress Report on Reviewing Labelling Rules for Individual Food Items (Categories)~

This article continues the previous article, Summary of the status of legal changes on food labelling in Japan (1). The Food Labelling Advisory Committee (held on 13 December 2024) (Japanese) reviewed the draft amendment to the standard values for nutritional labelling. At the meeting, the progress of reviewing the labelling rules for each individual food… more »

Study on the Use of Digital Tools for Food Labeling

On October 1, 2024, the “First Subcommittee Meeting to Study the Use of Digital Tools for Food Labeling” (hereinafter referred to as the “Subcommittee Meeting”) was held. During this first gathering, the current status of the use of digital tools in Japan and abroad, as well as current issues related to them were discussed. In… more »

Call for public comment on draft notification to make GMP mandatory in accordance with the revision of the system for FFC (Japan)

On July 12, 2024, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) began soliciting opinions on the standards for the manufacture or processing of tablets, capsules, and other Foods with Functional Claims (FFC) that Use natural extracts as ingredients (draft) (Japanese). The public comment was closed on August 16th. The draft notice is based on the decision made… more »

Outline of the Cabinet Office Ordinance (Draft) to partially amend Food Labeling Standards in accordance with the revision of the system for FFC (Japan)

Note: The current system of foods with functional claims (FFC) is summarized in a leaflet in English. The Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) recently solicited opinions on the Cabinet Office Ordinance (Draft) (Japanese) to partially amend the Food Labeling Standards (Japanese) in accordance with the revision of the system for FFC. (from June 27 to July… more »