WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/83
22 April 2003
(03-2134)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Retortable pouched
foods.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Quality Labelling
Standard of Retortable pouched foods (English, 6 page)
6. Description of content:   The Quality Labelling Standard of Vegetable oils and fats will be
amended as follows:
(1)  To abolish the obligation of labelling of sterilizing method;  and
(2)   To abolish the obligation of labelling of cooking method and quantity of content 
(for _ person) for food which a customer does not need to cook.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of the consumers' interest.
8. Relevant documents:   The Law Concerning Standardization and Proper Labelling of
Agricultural and Forestry Products (1950 Law No. 175)
9. Proposed date of adoption:    Before July 2003 (To be announced in the official
gazette).
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be announced in the official gazette.
10. Final date for comments:   30 June 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           