FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The FSA regulates food quality and integrity by: establishing standards and specifications for food, additives, apparatus, and food containers and packaging; providing for inspection to see whether the established standards are met; providing for hygiene management in the manufacture and sale of food; and.

Detailed explanation-2: -Food Sanitation Act-English-Japanese Law Translation. Article 1The purpose of this Act is to prevent sanitation hazards resulting from eating and drinking by enforcing regulations and other measures necessary from the viewpoint of public health, to ensure food safety and thereby to protect citizens’ health.

Detailed explanation-3: -[2] The Japanese Food Sanitation Act sets out a general safety standard that covers not only food and food additives, but also food packaging materials. The legislation prohibits the sale of apparatus, containers or packages containing toxic or harmful substances that could be deleterious to human health.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Food Sanitation Law ensures the safety and sanitation of foods through the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW), a food risk management agency. The law prohibits the sale of foods containing harmful substances. It also prescribes the standards for foods, additives, food containers and packages.