- 2021.10.15
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Dairy and Products Annual
Fluid milk production should increase about one percent in 2022 as a greater number of heifers enter milk production. Meanwhile, weak demand for dairy……
- 2021.10.05
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Food Service – Hotel Restaurant Institutional
Total sales of the hotel, restaurant and institutional (HRI) food service industry totaled JP¥25,517 billion (US$239.1 billion) in 2020, a decrease of……
- 2021.10.04
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243rd Food Safety Group
On September 29, 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) proposed revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for 14 agricultural ……
- 2021.09.28
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MHLW Publishes Considerations for Genome Edited Fish
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) released precautional notes explaining its food safety regulatory vision for fish products deve……
- 2021.09.24
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Japanese Milk for Further Processing Stabilization Program Triggered for the First Time since 2006
ALIC has announced that for the first time in 14 years the “Milk for Further Processing Stabilization Program” (the so-called Narashi program) was tri……
- 2021.09.21
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Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report
This report is an overview and update of Japan's food and agricultural import regulations and standards (FAIRS). For more information on Japan's certi……
- 2021.09.21
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Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report
This report lists major export certificates required by the Japanese government to export food and agricultural products from the United States to Jap……
- 2021.09.15
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Grain and Feed Update
FAS Tokyo estimates MY2020/21 corn imports will be 15.5 million tons, down 2.4 percent from the previous year due to high global corn prices. FAS Toky……
- 2021.09.13
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Japan Opens Public Comment Period for its Proposed 6th Strategic Energy Plan
Japan’s Agency of Natural Resources and Energy will accept public comments on its proposed 6th Strategic Energy Plan between September 3 and October 4……
- 2021.08.31
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Poultry and Products Annual
Japan’s chicken meat production in 2022 is forecast to marginally increase from 2021 as the sector recovers from outbreaks of the highly pathogenic av……