抄録
The Food Sanitation Act was revised on June 13, 2018. As a result of this revision, a positive list system was introduced for food contact products (utensils, containers and packaging). This system will come into effect on June 1, 2020. The format in the Japanese positive list system is different from that in the US and EU lists. Compliance with manufacturing management standards and with communication of information between companies is indispensable for operation of the positive list system. In this article, I will explain the details of the Japanese positive list system. Since the details of the system is still under consideration, please refer to the documents published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the latest information.
