JAPAN: FOODS WITH NUTRITION LABELING The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.351. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: JAPAN. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Health and Welfare. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Foods with nutrition labelling. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Establishment of ``Standards of Nutrition Labelling'' (available in English, 11 pages). 6. Description of content: To establish standards for the following items when nutrition labelling is applied: Nutritional contents; description of labelling; nutritional claims. 7. Objective and rationale: To provide consumers with information on the nutritional content of food. 8. Relevant documents: The basic law is the Nutrition Improvement Law. Nutritional ingredients subject to the Law will appear in the Ministerial Ordinance and Nutrition Labelling Standards will be in the Ministry of Health and Welfare Announcement. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: 24 May 1996 (Period of transitional measures: until 31 March 1998). 10. Final date for comments: 16 February 1996. (363)

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