RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.351
14December 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-4078)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth andWelfare
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Foods withnutrition
labelling
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Establishment of"Standards of
Nutrition Labelling" (available inEnglish, 11pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Toestablish standards forthefollowing items when nutrition
labelling isapplied:
- Nutritional contents;
- description oflabelling;
- nutritional claims.
7. Objective andrationale: Toprovide consumers with information onthenutritional
content offood.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheNutrition Improvement Law.
Nutritional ingredients subject totheLaw willappear intheMinisterial
Ordinance andNutrition Labelling Standards willbeintheMinistry ofHealth and
Welfare Announcement.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 24May1996 (Period oftransitional
measures: until31March 1998)
10. Final dateforcomments: 16February 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: