This means the varieties that are classified as jozoyo genmai, as used in the official statistics under the Agricultural Products Standards Rule (Agricultural Products Inspection Law), but it has come to be distinguished from general-purpose rice.
公的な統計で使われる農産物規格規程（農産物検査法）の醸造用玄米（じょうぞうようげんまい）に分類される品種を指し、一般米と区別されるようになった。