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Would you like to export your products to Japan?
With Label Banks help you can, quickly and safe!
Japanese food labeling regulations differ to those of other countries which makes a simple direct translation of you food label almost impossible.
With over 2 million people in Japan with food allergies The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare re-examine these labeling regulations
every three years as do other governing agencies. We consider safety one of the primary concerns of food labeling.
Food Label Creation ･･･We create Japanese labeling data with information clients provide
*We create food labeling data, not print the labeling data. You need to print the data or we can outsource the printing to a Japanese printing company.
Food Label Checking ･･･If clients already have labels in Japanese, we check the labels if it complies with Japanese regulations
Food Label Creation
Step1
Please submit product specification (ingredient, allergens, GMO, manufacturing process, supplier information, nutrition information)
or fill out our “Product Information Worksheet.”
Step2
Label bank fills out "Ingredients Proportion Sheet", "Quality Information Confirmation Sheet" and "Question Sheet" and send those to clients to confirm if its information is correct.
Step3
Start creating labeling data
*We don't do any inspection or analysis, so we create food labeling data according to information you provide,
which is product specification or "Product Information Worksheet."
If you need analysis to make sure to comply Japanese standards, we can outsource the analysis to our tie-up company in Japan.
*When selling imported foods in Japan, you have to clear Japanese food hygiene standards.
If considering to export, inspection such as residual agricultural chemicals, allergens, etc. needs to be done.
《reference》
Procedures of Import Notification of Foods and Related Products (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/importedfoods/1-1.html
Japanese laws require the following points (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/importedfoods/1.html
Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, etc. Under the Food Sanitation Act
(Japan External Trade Organization)
http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/reports/regulations/pdf/foodext201108e.pdf
Food Label Checking
Step1
Please submit your Japanese labels (packages) which you already created
and product specification / “Product Information Worksheet” (not necessarily).
Step2
Start checking your labels
We will give you the following report after creating labeling data or checking your labels.
Food Label Creation
Food Label Checking
We always consider consumers’ safety the primary concerns of food labeling.
Does the label follow the main criteria? (ex: frozen food product)
Does the label comply with all Japanese food labeling laws?
Does the label contain prohibited food additives?
Have any important details been omitted? (ex: allergens information etc.)
| Item/Country (Organaization) | ILSI | CODEX | EU | USA | Canada | Japan | Australia NewZealand |
Korea | HongKong |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Date | 2004/11 | 2006/1 | 2004/2 | 2002/4 | 2002/12 | 2004/5 | 2004 | ||
| Cereals containing gluten | ○ (Wheat) |
○ | ○ | ○ (Wheat) |
○ | ○ (Wheat) |
○ | ○ (Wheat) |
○ |
| Eggs | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Milk | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Peanut | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Crustacea | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ (Shrimp, Crab) |
○ | ○ (Crub) |
○ |
| Fish | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | △ (Salmon, Mackerel) |
○ | ○ (Mackerel) |
○ |
| Soybean | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | △ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Nuts | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | △ (Walnut) |
○ | ○ | |
| Buckweet | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| Fruit | △ (Orange, Kiwi fruit, Peach, Apple, Banana) |
○ (Peach) |
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| Meat | △ (Beef, Chicken, Pork) |
○ (Pork) |
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| Others | ○ (Sesami) |
Sulfite of 10ml/kg | ○ (Sesami, Celery, Mustard, Mollusk, Lupinus, Sulfite of 10ml/kg) |
○ (Sesami Shelfish) |
△ (Squid, Abalone, Salmon roe, Matsutake mushroom, Yam, Gelatin |
○ (Sesami, Bee Polen, Propolis, Royal jelly, Sulfite of 10ml/kg) |
○ (Tomato) |
Cereals containing gulten...Wheat,Rye,Barley,Oats,Spelled Wheat,As well as ther mixed types
Nuts...Almonds,Hazelnuts,Walnuts,Cashew nuts,Pecans,Brazil nuts,Pistachio nuts,Macadamia nuts,Queensland nuts
Mollusk...Types of abaon,Korean mussel,Types of freshwater muscles,Cuttefish/squid,Octopus
ILSI:International life science reserch organisation,Health,Nutrition,Safety,NGO's chemical studies relating to the environment.
CODEX:The international food standard set by FAO/WHO,a joint international intergovernmental organaization.
¥40,000JPY (per product)
Includes creating the; main nutritional label, nutritional facts label and recycle mark.
¥30,000JPY (per product)
Includes checking the main nutritional label, nutritional facts label and recycle mark.of the food label you have already created.
*When ordering our food labeling services, we receive product specification or “Product Information Worksheet.”
Therefore clients and label bank finalize a non-disclosure agreement before an invoice can be made.
