WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/JPN/70
20 July 2001
(01-3627)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Packaged blade-tenderized or tumbled meat and packaged rib finger meat
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendment to the Enforcement
Ordinance for Labelling of Meat under the Food Sanitation Law (2 pages)
5. Description of content:  Mandatory labelling is proposed for packaged blade-tenderized or
tumbled meat and packaged rib finger meat.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The basic law is the
Food Sanitation Law.  The said amendments will appear in "KAMPO" (The Official
Gazette) when adopted (Available in Japanese)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This proposed standard will be adopted after a comment
period.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2002
11. Final date for comments:  20 September 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           