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The U.S.-Japan Organic Equivalency Arrangement will be extended to livestock products on July 16, 2020.
Since fiscal year (FY) 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation...
On July 7, 2020, Japan’s National Tax Agency (NTA) published a list of 7 proposed geographical indications (GIs) for alcoholic beverages from the European Unions (EU).
Japan has accepted the sanitary certificate issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for fresh oysters exported by eligible U.S. entities.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Japan: Japan 233rd Food Safety Group

On July 3, 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for Imazapyr, Tolpyralate and Oxolinic acid for various agricultural...
On July 7, 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) published a list of 21 proposed geographical indications (GIs) for agricultural products from the European Union (EU).
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Japan: Retail Foods

In 2019, the total value of all retail food and beverage (F&B) sales in Japan fell 1.3 percent to ¥52,669 ($483.2 billion).
From July 1, 2020, Japan will require all retailers to charge a fee for the use of plastic shopping bags, with the exception of biodegradable plastic bags...