Food Sanitation Act

On June 13, 2018, MHLW promulgated the Food Sanitation Act amendment, which included the following seven points.

1. Reinforcement of wide-area food poisoning incident response  (In force on April 1, 2019)

2. Institutionalization of food hygiene control based on HACCP principles for all food business operators (In force on June 1, 2021)

3. Obligation to notify health damage incident caused by intake of food products containing the designated ingredients or components (In force on June 1, 2020)

4. Introducing a positive list system for food containers and packaging (In force on June 1, 2020)

5. Establishment of notification system and reviewing of licensing system for food business (In force on June 1, 2021)

6. Obligation to notify food recall information to government (In force on June 1, 2021)

7. Further enhancement of Import and export food safety certification (In force on June 1, 2020)

This regulation is applicable to all food products in Japan. It includes:

• Chapter 1 General Provisions

• Chapter 2 Food and Additives

• Chapter 3 Apparatus and Containers and Packaging

• Chapter 4 Labeling and Advertising

• Chapter 5 Japanese Standards of Food Additives

• Chapter 6 Monitoring and Guidance

• Chapter 7 Inspections

• Chapter 8 Registered Conformity Assessment Bodies

• Chapter 9 Business

• Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Provisions

• Chapter 11 Penal Provisions