Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued draft amendments to Specifications and Standards for Food, Food Additives, Etc.

Food Partner Network News On April 20, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan issued a draft of some amendments to the "Specifications and Standards for Food, Additives, etc.". This draft mainly involves cow milk, special milk, sterilized goat milk, modified milk, low-fat milk, and non-fat milk. Modification of the container and packaging of fat milk, processed milk, and whipped cream (hereinafter referred to as "milk, etc.") and related content of the raw material specifications. According to the "Specifications for Food, Additives, etc." Section 3 Appliances or Containers and Packaging Part E Appliances or Containers and Packaging According to the regulations in the section, the synthetic resin materials used in the parts that are in direct contact with the contents of milk, etc., do not allow the use of additives in principle. In June last year, Japan began to implement a positive list system for food utensils or containers and packaging (a system in which only ...