 1 (The amendments related to the standards of organic turkey are indicated in under -lined parts.)  
 
Draft Revision of  Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Livestock  etc. 
(Notification No. 1608 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  
of October 27, 2005)   
(Provisional T ranslation ) 
 
Established     : Notification No.160 8 of October 27, 2005  
Partial Revision: Notification No. 1466  of October 27, 2006  
Partial Revision: Notification No. 836 of March 28, 2012  
Partial Revision: Notification No. 714 of March 2 7, 201 5 
Partial Revision: Notification No. 489 of February 2 4, 201 6 
Partial Revision: Notification No. 446 of March 2 7, 201 7 
Partial Revision: Notification No. 683 of March 2 9, 201 8 
Partial Revision:  Notification No. 5108  of April 2, 2018  
 
(Purpose)  
Article 1  The purpose of this standard is to define the criteria of production methods for organic 
livestock etc. 
 
(Principles of Production of Organic Livestock etc.) 
Article 2  Organic livestock etc. are, in principle, raised in deference to their physiol ogical and 
behavioral needs, on the basis of provision of providing feeds produced by reducing pressure on 
the environment as much as possible  and the avoidance of use of veterinary drugs , to sustain and 
enhance the natural cyclical function of agriculture  or manufactured from such domestic animals 
or poultry . 
 
(Definition)  
Article 3  In this standard, terms listed on the left side of the table below are defined on the right 
side. 
 
Terms  Definitions  
Organic 
livestock etc. Livestock (domestic animals and pou ltry; hereafter the same) and livestock 
products (those manufactured from domestic animals or poultry; hereafter the 
same) produced by  the criteria in the next Article . 
Domestic 
animals  Bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, and porcine animals.  
Poultry  Chicken s, quails, ostriches,  turkeys,  ducks, and wild ducks (including 
crossbreeds with ducks as wild duck; hereafter the same).  
Organic feeds  Limited to those with grading labels produced in accordance with the Japanese 
Agricultural Standard for organic agricul tural products (Notification No. 1605  of 
the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of October 27, 2005; hereafter 
referred to as the Standard for organic agricultural products) , the Japanese  2 Agricultural Standard for organic processed foods (Notif ication No. 1606  of the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of October 27, 2005; hereafter 
referred to as the Standards for organic processed foods) (except for products 
made from livestock products other than milk) and the  Japanese Agricultural  
Standard for organic agricultural feeds (Notification No.160 7 of the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  of October 27, 2005; hereafter referred to as 
the Standard for organic agricultural feeds), and milk with grading labels 
produced in accor dance with this standard.  
Feeds produced 
in-house for 
organic livestock    Feeds managed or controlled by the certified Production Process Manager, and 
produced in accordance with Article 4 of the Standard for organic agricultural 
products (in case of pro ducing perennial grass, “no less than 3 years before the 
first harvesting of perennial plants” which is prescrib ed in Article 4 , section 1. of 
the criteria of “ Fields” in the Standard for organic agricultural products sh all be 
replaced to “no less than 2 y ears before first harvesting of perennial grass”) or 
Article 4 of the Standard for organic agricultural feeds. 
Feeds for 
organic livestock   Organic feeds  and Feeds produced in -house for organic livestock . 
Meadow  Areas, used mainly for grasslands or pastu ring in the business of cultivation or 
husbandry.  
Open -air runs  Fields  (fields and meadow; hereafter the same)  and open -air exercise area 
(mainly used for the exercise of livestock, where they can grub the ground. For 
ducks and wild ducks, open -air exerci se area, sh all include rice paddies, stream, 
pond or lake) . 
Chemical 
treatments  Treatments fall under the category of 1 or 2.  
1 To change chemical structure of substances by chemical methods (except for 
burning, calcining, melting, dry distillati ng and sa ponifying ; hereafter the 
same ). 
2 To add substances which are gained by chemical treatments (including the case 
in which final produce doesn ’t contain the added substances).  
Recombinant 
DNA technology  Technology to create recombinant DNA by connecting DNA  through breakage 
and recombination using enzyme, transferring it into living cells and proliferating 
it. 
Prohibited 
substances  Fertilizer s and soil improvement substances (except for those listed in Attached 
Table 1 with no synthetic substances added) , substances for plant pest and 
disease control  (except for those listed in Attached Table 2 and produced without 
recombinant DNA technology) and other materials that are used to plants or soil 
(except for natural substances, or substances originated  from nat ural substances 
without the use of chemical treatment).  
Organically 
raising  Raising methods to satisfy the criteria of “Housings for domestic animals  and 
poultry,” “Open -air free runs,” “Feed,” “Health control,” and “General 
management.”  
Renewal  The in troduction of domestic animals  equivalent to no more than 1/3 of the 
domestic animals  that died or were shipped during the last 3 business years.  
Final fattening 
phase  3 months or 1/5 of the livestock life span, whichever the shorter period before 
slaught er.  3 Average feed 
intake  Total feed of the feeds provided to and grazed by a head of domestic animal or 
poultry a day in dry weight (in case of not being able to assess actual amount, the 
amount in the Attached T able 3).  
Feed additives  Those specified by  Article 2.  3 of the Law Concerning Safety and Quality of 
Feeds (Law No. 35 of 1953) . 
Veterinary drugs  Those specified by Article 83.  2 of the Law on Securing Quality, Efficacy and 
Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical devices  (No. 145 , 
1960) . 
Biological drugs 
and veterinary 
drugs  Those specified by Article 1.  1 of the Ministerial Ordinance for Handling 
Biological Drugs and Veterinary Drugs by the Ministry of Health, Labour and 
Welfare (No.4 of 1961) . 
Prescribed drugs  Those specified  by Article 44.  1 of the Pharmaceutical Law, those specified by 
Article 44.  2 of the Pharmaceutical Law, and those specified by Article 10.  5 of 
the Ministerial Ordinance on the Veterinarian Law by the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (No. 93 of 1949) . 
 
(Criteria of Production Methods)  
Article 4  The criteria of production methods for organic livestock etc. are as follows:  
 
Items  Criteria  
Housing for 
domestic 
animals  or 
poultry  1. Housings for domestic animals  shall satisfy the following cr iteria from 1) to 
8). 
1)  Domestic animals  have a  free access to feeds and fresh water.  
2) The housings are strongly constructed to keep appropriate temperature, 
humidity, ventilation , air infiltration  and bright  sunlight.  
3) The housings are equipped with  utensils or equipment s necessary to clean 
and disinfect, and themselves are properly cleaned and disinfected.  
4) Agents other than those in Attached Table 4 are not used for cleaning and 
disinfection.  
5) The floor is flat and not slippery.  
6) The wall and  the floor don’t have projecting parts  resulting in injury . 
7) The h ousings provide a clean and dry laying/rest area strewn with bedding 
or of soil.  
8) The housing s provide adequate space  appropriate to species, variet ies and 
ages, and  the housing s for fee ding domestic animals  indicated in the left 
column of Attached Table 5 provide an area larger than that for an animal 
indicated in the right column of the same Table.  
2. Housings for poultry shall satisfy the following criteria from 1) to 6).  
1)  Poultry h ave a  free access to feeds and fresh water.  
2) The h ousings are strongly constructed to keep appropriate temperature,  
humidity,  ventilation , air infiltration  and bright sunlight.  
3) The h ousings are equipped with utensils or equipment s necessary to clean 
and disinfect, and are properly cleaned and disinfected.  
4) Agents other than those in Attached Table 4 are not used for cleaning and 
disinfection.  
5) Resting  areas such as perches and exit s in adequate size s are provided   4 depending on  species and the size o f the group.  
6) The housings provide adequate space  appropriate to species, varieties and 
ages, and the housing s for feeding poultry indicated in the left column of 
Attached Table 5 provide an area larger than  that for a  bird indicated in the 
right column of the same Table . 
Open -air free 
runs 1. Open -air free runs  shall satisfy the following criteria from 1) to 7). 
1) The necessary measures shall be taken, so as to prevent prohibited 
substances from drifting and flowing from surrounding areas.  
2) Seeds an d seedlings produced b y recombinant  DNA technology shall  not be 
sown or planted.  
3) Open -air free runs  provide sufficient trees, woods or protection s against 
excessive  rain, wind, sunlight and temperature in the case that domestic 
animals or poultry  do not  have a free access to housings.  
4) Open -air free runs  provide sufficient  protections against  predators  
appropriate ly to pasturing conditions, species  and ages   
5) Manure practice  and controls on noxious animals and plants at open -air free 
runs for domesti c animals (except for porcine; the same in the following 
criterion 2) are managed  without using prohibited substances during 
periods the following criteria from a) to d).  
a) No less  than 3 years b efore the first pasturing in  case of fields for 
growing perennial plants (other than  pasture grasses).  
b) No less  than 2 years b efore the first pasturing in  case of fields for 
growing pasture grasses.  
c) No less  than 2 year s before the first sowing in  case of fields f or growing 
plants other than a) and b) . 
d) No le ss than 3 years before the first pasturing in case of meadows.  
6) In case of open -air free runs  for porcine and poultry,  prohibited substances  
shall not be used for no less than  1 year before the first pasturing . 
7) Open -air free runs  for domestic animals  or poultry  indicated in the left 
column of Attache d Table 6 provide  an area larger than that for an animal 
or a bird indicated in the right column of the same table.  
2. Regardless of 1. (5) above, prohibited substances shall  not be used in case that 
total feed of organic feeds and feeds specified by 2) to 4) in 1 . of  “Feed ing” 
in this T able (hereinafter referred to as “commercial feeds for organic 
livestock ”) is less than 50% of  the average feed intake  in dry weight . In this 
case, d omestic animals  pastured  at fields, etc. shall be raised until more  than 2 
years since  the termination of prohibited substances usage . 
Domestic 
animals  or 
poultry  1. Domestic animals  shall be born from  mothers raised  organically for no less 
than 6 months before their delivery , and shall be  raised organically from birth  
by the certified Production Process Manager  or those with grading labels 
produced in accordance with this standard . 
2. The p oultry shall be raised organically after hatching  by the certified 
Production Process Mana ger or those with grading labels produced in 
accordance with this standard . 
3. In addition to the criteria 1 and 2  above , when an operator newly starts raising 
domestic  animals or poultry  for producing organic livestock etc. in the farm , 
domestic  animals o r poultry  raised at the same  farm may be used as  well. In 
this case, domestic  animals or poultry  shall be raised organically for longer  5 than the periods indicated in Attached Table 7.  
4. In case that the domestic animals or poultry in the criteria 1, 2, an d 3 above  
are difficult to obtain, the  domestic animals or poultry  listed  below may be 
used.  In this case, domestic animals or poultry  shall be raised organically for 
longer than periods indicated in Attached Table 7.  
1) Domestic animals  indicated in Attac hed Table 8 in the case of renewal . 
2) Domestic animals or poultry  indicated in Attached Table 9 in the following 
case. 
a. Newly starting raising domestic animals  
b. Starting rais ing new varieties  
c. Increasing  the number of domestic animals  by no less tha n 30% that are 
raised to produce organic livestock etc. in the farm.  
d. Purchasing poultry  
3) In case that no less  than 25% of domestic animals or poultry  raised  for 
organic  livestock etc. are lost as a result of disaster or disease, a fewer  
number of dome stic animal or poultry  than the lost.  
4) Those born from domestic animals  indicated in the criteria 1) to 3)  above . 
Feed ing 1. Feeds  other than those indicated in the criteria 1) to 4) below shall  not be 
provided.  
1) Feeds for organic livestock . However, in case that  more than 3 years have 
elapsed after the day when operator s newly start ed raising domestic 
animals or poultry  for producing organic livestock etc., feeds  labeled 
“under the conversion period” may be used to domestic animals or poultry  
provided  that such feeds  do not exceed 30% of the total organic feeds  in 
dry weight, where the labeling complies with Article 5 -2 of JAS for  
organic plants , Article 5 -column 2 of the JAS for  organic processed foods , 
Article 5 -2 of the JAS for  organic feeds . 
2) Feed s of n atural substances or substances derived from natural substances 
without chemical treatment and intended to provide minerals . However, i n 
case that these  feeds  are difficult to obtain , feed additives intended to 
provide minerals  may be provided.  
3) Fish meal s and algae without chemical treatment  (other than t hose 
irradiated or produced by recombinant DNA technology . The fish meals 
and algae  that may be provided to domestic animals or poultry  should be 
less than 5% of  the feeds indicated in 1), in dry w eight.)  
4) Enzyme or microorganisms  (except for those produced by recombinant 
DNA technology .) 
2. For suckling domestic animals , maternal milk . However, in  case of a shortage 
of provided  maternal milk , natural milk other than  maternal milk  may be 
provided.  
3. Notwithstanding the provision  1 above, feeds  produced in compliance with 1) 
to 2) below, may be used in case that the total feed of commercial feeds for 
organic livestock  is no more  than 50% of the average feed intake  in dry 
weight. In this case, the domestic animals provided  these feeds  shall be raised 
more  than 2 years  since the fields etc. satisfy  the following criteria 1) and 2). 
1) The necessary measures shall be taken, so as to prevent prohibited 
substances from drifting and flowing from surroundi ng areas.  
2) Satisfying criteria of  “Seeds and seedlings to be used in fields,” “M anuring 
practice in field, ” ”Controls of noxious animal and plant  in fields  or 
cultivation sites ,” “General management” and “Management of raising  6 seedlings” indicated by th e table in Article 4 of the JAS for  organic 
agricultural products . 
4. Notwithstanding the provision 1 above, equivalent - country -certified feeds*  
can be provided in case that organic feeds are difficult to obtain.  
*  limited to feeds which are graded in th e countries prescribed in Article 37 
of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law Concerning Standardization etc. 
of Agricultural and Forestry products, according to the grading system 
stipulated in Article 12 (2) of the Law and are attached with a certificate**  
or it’s copy which includes the following matters and are issued by the 
governmental organizations, including bodies recognized as equivalent to 
such organizations by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  
**  a certificate which is stipulate d in Article 12(1); hereafter the same  
1) Name and address of the entity who has issued the certificate;  
2) Issuing date of the certificate;  
3) Type and quantity of the feeds to be certificated;  
4) Name and address of the overseas organization which has pe rformed the 
equivalent service to the certification of the Production Process Manager 
(the Production Process Manager pursuant to Article 1 0(2) of the Law) of 
the feeds; and  
5) Statement to the effect that the grading has been conducted on the feeds.  
5. Notwithstanding the provision 1 to 4 above, feeds other than those specified by 
the criteria 1 to 4 above (limited to feeds produced without recombinant DNA 
technology, and free from antibiotics and synthetic antibacterials) may be 
provided up to the ratio specified by the following criteria 1) or 2) only for a 
certain period when necessary amount of feeds for organic livestock cannot be 
provided  in case that feeds for organic livestock are difficult to obtain.  
  1) For bovine, ovine, and caprine animals,  15%, in dry weight , of the average 
intake  excluding feeds specified by 2)  to 4) in the criterion 1 above . 
  2) For equine  and porcine animals  and poultry , 20%, in dry weight , of the 
average intake excluding feeds specified by 2) to 4)  in the criterion 1 
above . 
6. Notwithstanding  the provision  1 to 4 above , feeds  other than those specified by 
the criteria 1 to 4 above  (limited to feeds  produced  without  recombinant DNA 
technology , and free from antibiotics and synthetic antibacterials) may be 
provided up to 50%, in dry weight, of the average intake  excluding feeds  
specified by the criteria 2) to 4) in 1 above only for a certain period in case 
that feeds for organic livestock  are especially difficult to obtain due to natural 
disasters  or suspended imports  or transp ortation pathways . 
7. For bovine, equine, ovine, and caprine animals,  feeds other than fresh or dried 
fodder or silage are less than 50% of the average feed intake , in dry weight 
(less than 75% in case of bovine animals  in the  final fattening phase  and les s 
than 80% in case of equine animals in arising phase ). The following periods 
are excluded : 
1) Suckling period ; 
2) The first 3 months after starting milking in the case of milk -type ovine and 
caprine animals ; or 
3) The final fattening phase  (except for  bovine animals ).   7 Health control  1. Disease sh all be prevented by strengthening  resistance to disease , infection  
prevention , through appropriate  husbandry practices depending on  the 
varieties of domestic animals or poultry . 
2. In case that domestic animals o r poultry  are affected with injury  or disease, 
livestock  may be isolated as necessary and treated expeditiously. In this case , 
domestic animals or poultry  shall be treated without  unnecessar y suffer . 
3. Except the case that specific disease or health probl ems occur, or may occur, 
and no alternative permitted treatment or management practice exists, or, in 
the case required by law s and ordinance s (including the order and the 
punishment based on the criteria of the law; the same hereafter), veterinary 
drugs shall not be used.  In case that veterinary drugs  are used, veterinary 
drugs  other than prescribed drugs or antibiotics  shall be used.  
4. Vitamins, minerals, b iological drugs and veterinary drugs other than 
parasiticides may only be used on domestic animals or poultry  for the therapy 
purpose.  
5. Notwithstanding the provision 3 above , prescribed drugs or antibiotics are 
used only when therapy with veterinary drugs other than prescribed drugs or 
antibiotics is not effective. In the following case the use of pre scribed drugs or 
antibiotics is not permitted in the following period indicated in the following 
criteria 1) and 2) : 
1) In case of drugs indicated in Attached Table 1 and 2 of the Ministry 
Ordinance of Regulation on Use of Veterinary Drugs (Ministry Ordina nce 
No. 42, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, 1980), twice the 
withholding period specified in the Tables for each drug and animal ; or 
2) In the case of drugs other than 1)  above , 48 hours prior to slaughter for 
foods, milking, and egg coll ection or twice the period of drug withdrawal 
(the period from the last administration of drugs to slaughter for foods, 
milking, or egg collection) defined for approval of drugs, change of 
approvals, reexamination of drugs, and drug efficacy review by Arti cle 
14-1, 9, 4, and 6 of the Pharmaceutical Law , whichever the longer.  
6. Substances for the stimulation of g rowth  and/or production  except for feeds 
shall  not be provided.  
General 
management  1. Livestock can freely access to open -air free runs . (Open -air free runs  for 
bovine, equine, ovine, or caprine animals are limited to th ose with fields, etc.) 
This is not applicable to  the case that domestic animals or poultry  are pastured 
in open -air free runs  no less  than twice a week  or poultr y are raised in housi ng 
for poultr y with sectionalized space for moving  and rest . 
2. Notwithstanding the provision 1  above , livestock may be raised without 
access to open -air free runs  during the periods of the following criteria 1) to 
9): 
1) The period when it is difficult fo r domestic animals or poultry  to access 
open -air free runs  due to snow coverage , bad weather  or natural disasters ; 
2) 2 months from birt h or 7 days after weaning in case of bovine animals, 
whichever the longer ; 
3) The period from 8 month s pregnancy to deli very in  case of female bovine 
animals ; 
4) The period from birth to weaning in case of porcine animals ; 
5) The period from 3 months in pregnancy to  weaning of the delivered in  case 
of female porcine animals ; 
6) The final fattening phase ;  8 7) The period when exercise is considered to jeopa rdize the recovery of 
domestic animals or poultry  from disease or disorder ; 
8) The period when open -air free runs  are considered to be damaged by 
grazing  or moving  by domestic animals or poultry ; or 
9) The period when the acc ess of domestic animals or poultry  to open -air free 
runs is prohibited by law s and ordinance , or when access is urged, in 
written form, to be restricted by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and 
Fisheries, Go vernor of the Prefecture with  jurisdiction o ver the house of 
domestic animals or poultry , or Director of Livestock Health Institute.  
3. Domestic animals or poultry  shall  not be intentionally injured with the 
exception of the following operations from 1) to 3) performed at the most 
appropriate t ime i n a manner which minimize  suffering to domestic animals 
or poultry : 
1) Operations for the safety or health of livestock, such as dehorning, 
trimming of beaks, tailcoking, and so on ; 
2) Operations for identification of domestic animals , such as a ttaching ta gs on 
ears, etc ; or 
3) Physical castration.  
4. In case of laying hens, when natural day length is prolonged by arti ficial light, 
the length is no more  than 16 hours a day.  
5. The following techniques for reproduction are prohibited : 
1) Embryo transfer tech niques ; 
2) Hormonal reproductive techniques ; or 
3) Reproductive techniques by recombinant DNA technology . 
6. Excretes from domestic animals or poultry  are managed or di sposed in such a 
way as not to degrade soil and pollute water . 
7. In captur ing or transp orting domestic animals or poultry , the use of electric 
stimulation or tranquilizers is not permitted.  
8. In the case of milking, milking equipment and utensils are properly cleaned 
and disinfected, without using agents other than those for cleaning or 
disinfecting teats and those indicated in Attached Table 4.  
Management 
concerning  
slaughter, 
dressing , 
selection , 
processing , 
cleaning , 
storage, 
packaging and 
other processes  1. Organic livestock  etc. shall be managed so as not to be mixed with livestock 
etc. which are not  produced in compliance with the criteria of  “Housing  for 
livestock,” “ Open -air free runs ,” “Coverage of domestic animals  and poultry ,” 
“Feed ing,” “General management ” and “ Health control”  (“Criteria of  housing 
for domestic animals or poultr y etc.”; hereafter  the same ). 
2. The slaughter of domestic animals or poultry  is undertaken in a manner which 
minimizes stress and suffering  by producing loss of consciousness  as much as 
possible . 
3. Noxious animals and plants shall be controlled, and the integrity is maintained 
or improved, by physical or biological methods (only organisms other than 
those produced by recombinant DNA tech nology  may be used ; the same 
hereafter ). 
4. Notwithstanding the provision 3  above , in case  of difficulty in control ling 
noxious animals and plants or quality preservation and improvement  in 
ordinary means, following materials may be used.  When using substances 
prescribed the following criteria (1) in this case, exposure of plant products to 
these substances shall be prevent ed. 
(1) For controlling noxious animals and plants:   9 Substances for plant pest and disease control listed in Attached Table 2 and 
chemical agents listed in Attached Table 10 as well as food and food 
additives (including those processed using these as ingred ients and except 
for the purpose  of pests control for plants);  
(2) For quality preservation and improvement:  
Substances  for preparation  listed in Attached Table 11 (except those 
produced by using recombinant DNA technology).  
5. Ionizing radiation  shall not be executed ; or 
6. Livestock etc. produced in accordance with the criteria of  housing  for 
domestic animals or poultry etc.  and the criteria 1. to 3. above  shall be 
controlled so as not to be contaminated by veterinary drugs, cleaning agents, 
disinfectants  and other agents.  
 
(Labeling of Names of Organic Livestock Products)  
Article 5  Names of the organic livestock products shall be labeled  according to any of the 
following examples : 
1) “有機畜産物 ” (which means organic livestock etc. in Japanese) ; 
2) “有機畜産物〇〇 ” or “〇〇  (有機畜産物 )” (which means organic livestock etc. 〇〇  or 
〇〇  (organic livestock etc.) in Japanese) ; 
3) “有機畜産〇〇 ” or “〇〇  (有機畜産 )” (which means organic livestock etc. 〇〇  or 〇〇  
(organic l ivestock  etc.) in Japanese) ;  
4) “有機〇〇 ” or “〇〇  (有機 )” (which means organic 〇〇  or 〇〇  (organic) in 
Japanese) ; or 
5) “オーガニック〇〇 ” or “〇〇  (オーガニック )” (which means organic 〇〇  or 〇〇  
(organic) in Japanese.)  
Note: The gene ral name of the livestock etc. shall be filled out in  “〇〇 ”. 
 
Attached Table 1   Fertilizers and soil improvement substances  
 
Fertilizers and soil 
improvement substances  
  
Criteria  
Materials derived from plants 
and plant residues  Those without the use of chemical treatment after cutting or 
trimming . 
 
Materials derived from 
fermented, dried or baked 
excrements  Those derived from livestock and poultry excrements . 
 
Oilseed meals  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment (except for organic solvent 
extract ion of oil).  
By-products of food & textile  
industries  of agricultural, 
livestock or fishery origin  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment (except for organic solvent 
extraction of oil).  
Processed ani mal products  
from slaughterhouses or fish 
industries  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
 
Materials derived from 
fermented leftover food  Those prevented from mixing other material than leftover 
food.  10 Bark compost  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Methane fermented digestive 
liquid (except for composted 
sludge)  Those obtained from organic sources such as animal 
excrements by methane fer mentation under anaerobic 
conditions. However, those derived from human excrements 
should not be  used for edible parts of food crops.  
Guano   
Dried algae and their powder   
Vegetation ash  
 Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Calcium carbonate  
 Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment (including calcium magnesia  
carbonate).  
Potassium chloride  
 Those formed by pulverizing or washing and refining t he 
natural ore or those produced from sea water or lake water 
without the use of chemical treatment..  
Potassium sulfate  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Potassium magnesium sulfate  Those forme d by washing and refining the natural ore.  
Natural rock phosphate  Cadmium should not exceed 90 mg/kg P₂O₅. 
Magnesium sulfate  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Magnesium hydroxide  Those formed by pulverizing the natural ore.  
Calcined magnesia   
Gypsum (calcium sulfate)  Those derived from natural  sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Sulphur  
Calcium oxide (including 
unslaked lime)  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.   
Calcium hydroxide (Slaked 
lime)  Those de rived from Calcium oxide written above.  
Trace elements (manganese, 
boron, iron, copper, zinc, 
molybdenum and chlorine)  Limited to the case that the crop is unable to grow normally 
because of shortage of trace elements.    
Stone meal  Those derived from nat ural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment and not contaminating soil with 
harmful heavy metal or other substances included in sources.  
Charcoal  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical  treatment.  
Peat Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment . As for soil improvement 
substances, peat shall be only used for vegetables (except for 
fungi production and wild vegetables) and fruits as well as soil 
for raising seedling.  
Bentonite  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Perlite  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Zeolite  
 Those d erived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Vermiculite  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.   11 Calcined diatomaceous earth  Those derived from natural source s, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Basic slag  By-products by Thomas steel making process.  
Slag silicicate fertilizer  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  
Fused magnesium phosphate  Those derived from natural sources, or natural sources without 
the use of chemical treatment.  Cadmium should not exceed 90 
mg/k g P₂O₅. 
Sodium chloride  Mined, or produced from seawater or lake water without the 
use of chemical treatment  
Aluminum calcium phosphate  Cadmium should not exceed 90 mg/kg  P₂O₅. 
Calcium chloride   
Vinegar   
Lactic acid  Those obtained by fermented plants and  limited to be used for 
adjusting pH in soil for raising seedling . 
By-products of sugar 
industr ies  
Granulating agent  and 
anticaking agent  for fertilizer  
 
 
 Those derived from natural sources, or natural   sources 
without the use of chemical treatment . In case of a difficulty to 
manufacture granulating agent and anticaking agent from these 
substances, lignin  sulfonic acid may be used.  
Other fertilizers and soil 
improvement substances  
 Those including living organism s;  
a. applying to soil for providing p lants with nutrition or 
improving the soil property ;  
b. applying to plants for provid ing with nutrition ; 
c. derived from natural sources, or natural sources without the 
use of chemical treatment  (those produced without using any 
chemical method s and recom binant DNA technology) ; and  
d. shall not be  effect ive as the disease and pest control . 
Those satisfying a. through d. may be used only in the cases 
where soil fertility can not be  maintained and enhanced by the 
use of fertilizers and soil improvement subst ances in th is 
Table.   
 
Attached Table 2   Substances for Plant Pest and Disease Control  
 
Substances for Plant Pest and 
Disease Control  
  
Criteria  
Pyrethrum emulsion  
 
 Those extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, and 
without piperonyl butoxide as s ynergist.  
Canola  oil emulsion   
Mixed oil emulsion   
Petroleum oil aerosol   
Petroleum oil emulsion   
Starch wettable powder   
Fatty glyceride  emulsion   
Metaldehyde (granular 
formulation)  Limited to the use in insect trap s. 
Sulfur smoking agent    12 Sulfur  powdered agent   
Sulfur/copper wettable powder   
Wettable sulfur powder   
Lime sulfur powder   
Lentinus edodes mycelium 
extract liquid   
 
Sodium hydrogencarbonate 
wettable powder and sodium 
bicarbonate   
Sodium hydrogencarbonate/ 
copper wettable powder   
Copper wettable powder   
Copper powdered agent   
Copper sulfate  Limited to the use for preparing Bordeaux mixture.  
Calcium oxide  
 Limited to the use for preparing Bordeaux mixture.  
Biopesticide formulation   
Biopesticide formulation/  
copper wettable powd er  
Sex pheromone agent  
 Limited to the agent containing sex pheromone activity for pest 
as active ingredient.  
Chlorella extract liquid   
Mixed crude medical plant  
extract liquid   
Wax wettable powder   
Spreader  Limited to agent containing casein and par affin as active 
ingredient  
Carbon dioxide fumigant  Limited to the use in storage facilities.  
Diatomaceous earth powder  Limited to the use in storage facilities.  
Vinegar   
Ferric phosphate  (granular 
formulation)   
Potassium hydrogen carbonate  
(water solu ble powder)   
Calcium carbonate  wettable 
powder  Limited to the use for preventing harmful effects of 
copper wettable powder  
Milbemectin  emulsion   
Milbemectin  wettable 
powder   
Spinosad wettable powder   
Spinosad ( granular 
formulation)   
Hydrogenated star ch 
hydrolysate   
Hypochlorous acid water   
 
 
Attached Table 3    Average feed intake  
Type of domestic 
animals or poultry  Class  Daily average feed 
intake  in weight   13 Meat -type bovine 
animals  Less than 10 months of age  (except for female bovine in 
breeding)  
No less than  10 months of age  (except for female bovine 
in breeding)  
Female bovine in breeding  6.0 kg 
 
9.3 kg 
7.6 kg 
Milk -type female 
bovine animals  Less than 10 months of age  
No less than 10 months of age , and until milking  
Under milking  
Non-milking delivered cows  5.6 kg  
9.0 kg  
21.3 kg 
12.0 kg 
Equine animals  Less than 12 months of age  (except for female equine in 
breeding)  
Less than 24 months of age  (except for female equine in 
breeding)  
No less than  24 months of age  (except for female equine 
in breeding)  
Female equine in breeding  12.4 kg  
 
14.4 kg  
 
17.3 kg  
19.2 k g 
Ovine animals  Female ovine in breeding  
Other than above  1.7 kg  
1.9 kg  
Caprine animals  Female caprine in breeding  
Other than above  2.5 kg  
1.1 kg  
Porcine animals  Less than 3 months of age  
Less than 5 months of age   
No less than  5 months of age  
In pregna ncy 
Under milking  1.1 kg  
2.5 kg 
3.3 kg 
2.2kg  
5.6kg  
Meat -type poultry  Less than 4 weeks of age  
No less than  4 weeks of age  49 g 
152 g 
Laying hens  Less than 9 weeks of age  
No less than  9 weeks of age , and until egg collection  
Under egg collection  32 g 
67 g 
114 g 
Quails   18 g 
Ducks and wild 
ducks  Less than 6 weeks of age  
No less than 6 weeks of age  108 g  
180 g  
Meat -type ostriches  Less than 3 months of age  
No less than 3 months of age  1.0 kg  
2.5 kg 
Ostriches to produce 
egg  Under egg collection  2.0 kg  
Turkeys  Less than 8 weeks of age  
No less than 8 weeks of age  106ｇ 
318ｇ  14 (Note) Daily average feed intake  shall be calculated in dried  weight  
 
Attached Table 4  Agents  for cleaning or disinfecting  of housing for domestic animals or poultry  
Soap  
Milk of lime  
Slacked lime (calcium hydroxide)  
Quick lime (calcium oxide)  
Alcohols  
Phenols  
Agents containing orthodichlorobenzene and cresol  
Iodine agents  
Formaldehyde  
Glutaraldehyde  
Chlorhexidine  
Invert soap  
Ampholytic soap  
Chloric agents  
Hydrogen peroxide solution  
Sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide  
Cleaning agents and dis infectants for milking equipment, rooms and buildings  
Sodium carbonate  
Other products of plant origin  
 
Attached Table 5   Minimum area of Housing for domestic animals or poultry  
Type of domestic animals or poultry  Minimum area per a head of domestic animal or poultry  
Meat -type bovine animals (weigh ing 
more than 340 kg only)  5.0 m2 
Milk -type bovine animals (adult stock* 
only)  4.0 m2 (1.8 m2 for tethering**)  
Breeding -type female bovine animals 
(adult stock* only)  3.6 m2 (1.8 m2 for tethering**)  
Equine anim als (adult stock* only)  13 m2 
Ovine animals (adult stock* only)  2.2 m2 
Caprine animals (adult stock* only)  2.2 m2 
Meat -type porcine animals (weighing 
more than 40 kg only)  1.1 m2 
Breeding -type female porcine animals 
(adult stock* only)  3.0 m2 
Meat -type poultry  except for turkeys  
(older  than 28 days after hatching  only)  0.1 m2  15 Laying hens  except for turkeys  (older  
than 28 days after hatching  only)  0.15 m2 
Turkeys (older  than 8 weeks after 
hatching  only)  0.3 m2 
Notes:  * “Adult stock”  refers to  domes tic animals  used for breeding or having been used for 
breeding.  
 ** “Tethering”  refers to  a method of livestock husbandry where each animal is tethered by 
tethering equipment in a barn.  
 
Attached Table 6   Least area of open-air runs  
Type of domestic anima ls or poultry  Least area of open -air runs per a head of domestic 
animals or poultry  
Meat -type bovine animals (weighing 
more than 340 kg only)  5.0 m2 
Milk -type bovine animals (adult stock* 
only)  4.0 m2 
Breeding -type bovine animals (adult 
stock* only)  3.6 m2 
Equine animals (adult stock* only)  13 m2 
Ovine animals (adult stock* only)  2.2 m2 
Caprine animals (adult stock* only)  2.2 m2 
Meat -type porcine animals (weighing 
more than 40 kg only)  1.1 m2 
Breeding -type female porcine animals 
(adult stock* only)  3.0 m2 
Meat -type poultr y except for ostriches  
and turkeys  (older  than 28 days after 
hatching  only)  0.1 m2 
Poultry to produce egg except for 
ostriches  and turkeys  (older  than 28 days 
after hatching  only)  0.15 m2 
Wild ducks  (older  than 28 days after 
hatching only)  33.3 m2 (rice puddies ) 
Ostriches (older  than 3 month s and 
younger than 7 month s after hatching  
only)  6.6 m2 (regardless of the number of ostriches, the length 
of the short side and long side shall be 5m and 20m 
respectively)  
Ostriches (older  than 7 month s after 
hatching  only)  16.5 m2 (regardless of the number of ostriches, the length 
of the short side and long side shall be 5m and 20m 
respectively)  
Turkeys (older  than 8 weeks after 
hatching  only)  0.3 m2 
Note:  * “Adult stock”  refers to  domestic a nimals  used for breeding or having been used for 
breeding.   16  
Attached Table 7   Conversion period s 
Type of domestic 
animals or poultry  Periods  
Meat -type bovine 
animals  The longer of 12 moths or 3/4 of their life span (6 months for bovine 
animals raised for less than 6 months from birth , and the p eriod from 
producing  organic milk or  delivering  organic calves  for more than three  
times in a row to slaughter  in cases of raising milk-type bovine  animals or 
breeding -type female bovine animals  ). 
Milk -type female 
bovine animals  6 months (4 months for female bovine animals that have been forwardly 
reared at organic farms).  
Breeding -type female 
bovine animals  6 months (4 months for female bovine animals that have been forwardly 
reared at organic farms).  
Equine anim als The longer of 12 months or 3/4 of their life span.  
Ovine animals  6 months.  
Milk -type female 
caprine animals  6 months.  
Meat -type caprine 
animals or 
breeding -type female 
caprine animals  6 months.  
Porcine animals  6 months.  
Meat -type poultry  
except for ostriches  From the third day after hatching to slaughter. (the period from the time after 
producing organic eggs for more than 45 weeks to slaughter  for poultry  
raise d for egg collection ) 
Poultry to produce 
egg ex cept for 
ostriches   6 weeks.  
Meat -type ostriches  From the 14th day after hatching to slaughter.  
Ostriches to produce 
egg  6 month s. 
 
Attached Table 8   Requirements of Renewal number  
Type of domestic 
animals  Criteria  
Milk -type female 
bovine animals  Less than 10% of the average  delivered -female  number  (1/5 of the total 
delivered -domestic animals  of last 5 fiscal  years ) in the fiscal year, and 
non-delivered only.  
Breeding -type female 
bovine animals  Less than 10% of the  average  delivered -female number in the fiscal year, 
and non -delivered only.  
Breeding -type female 
equine animals  Less than 5% of the average  delivered -female number in the fiscal year, and 
non-delivered only.   17 Milk -type female 
caprine animals  Less than 10% of the average  delivered -female number in the fiscal year, 
and non -delivered  only.  
Breeding -type female 
porcine animals  Less than 20% of the average  delivered -female number in the fiscal year, 
and non -delivered only.  
 
Attached Table 9   Requirements of Introduction from outside  
Type of domestic 
animals or poultry  Criteria  
Meat -type bovine 
animals  Less than 12 months of age , satisfying one of the following 1 to 8.  
1. Japanese Black that weigh no more than  310 kg.  
2. Japanese Brown that weigh no more than  340 kg.  
3. Japanese Polled that weigh no more than  300 kg.  
4. Japanese Shorthorn that weigh no more than  300 kg.  
5. Angus or Hereford that weigh no more than  280 kg.  
6. Holstein other than females, that weigh no more than  310 kg.  
7. Crossbreed cattle delivered by Holstein , that  weigh no more than  310 kg.  
8. Cattle other than  1 to 7, and  that weigh no more than  340 kg.  
Milk -type female 
bovine animals  Nulliparous  only.  
Breeding -type female 
bovine animals  Nulliparous  only.  
Equine animals  Less than 12 months of age . 
Ovine and caprine 
animals  Less than 5 months of age . 
Porcine  animals  Less than 4 months of age . 
Meat -type poultry  Less than 3 days of age . 
Laying hens  Less than 18 weeks of age . 
Meat -type ostriches  Less than 14 days of age . 
Ostriches to produce 
egg Less than 12 months of age.  
 
Attached Table 10   Chemical agent s 
 
Chemical agents  
  
Criteria  
Extract from p yrethrum  Those without piperonyl butoxide as synergist.  
Except for the purpose of pests control for 
plants . 
Sodium silicate  Except for the purpose of pests control for 
plants  
Potash soap (Soft soap)  Except for  the purpose of pests control for 
plants  
Ethanol  Except for the purpose of pests control for  18 plants  
Boric acid  Limited to be used in containers , and e xcept 
for the purpose of pests control for plants  
Pheromone agent  Limited to those containing sex phero mone 
activity of insects as an active ingredient, and 
except for the purpose of pests control for 
plants  
Capsaicin  Limited to be used as a repellent , and except 
for the purpose of pests control for plants  
Extract from Geranium  Limited to be used as a rep ellent , and except 
for the purpose of pests control for plants  
Extract from Citronella  Limited to be used as a repellent , and except 
for the purpose of pests control for plants  
 
Attached Table 1 1 Substances for P reparation  
Substances for 
preparation  Criteria 
Ozone  Limited to the use for disinfecting meat and poultry at slaughter, or washing 
eggs.  
Sodium hypochlorite  
 Limited to the use for disinfecting m eat and poultry at slaughter, or washing 
eggs.  
Sodium hypochlorite 
solution  
 Limited to the use for disinfecting meat and poultry at slaughter, or washing 
eggs.  
 
Agents containing 
fumarates  Limited to the use for disinfecting meat and poultry at slaughter, or washing 
eggs.  
Monosodium 
Fumarate  Limited to the use for disinfecting meat and poultry at sla ughter, or washing 
eggs.  
 
 
 
(Schedule of the last revision)  
Notification No.  5108  of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of April  2, 2018 
becomes effective as from May 2, 2018. 