Interpretation of "Japan's 2020 Imported Food Monitoring Results Report"

Food Partner Network News On August 27, 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Health, LabourandWelfare (MHLW)issued a monitoring result reportbased onthe implementation and monitoringof the 2020 imported food monitoring plan, which is the "Japan 2020 Imported Food Monitoring Results Report" (below Referred to as "Report")
.
Combining the monitoring and inspection situationin the "Report"and thedatarelated to China's food exports to Japan, Food Partnerswill interpret the three aspects of monitoring inspections, violations, strengthened inspections and ordered inspections, in order to provide domesticpractitioners whowant to export food and agricultural products to Japan.
Reference basis
.
Monitoring inspectionAccording to the "Report", the number of imported food items in Japan in 2020 is about 2.
35 million pieces (2.
54 million pieces), and the weight is about 31.
06 million tons (33.
27 million tons)
.
Inspections were carried out on 200,876 imported foods (217,216) of which applications were submitted, of which 99,730 (99,059) were monitored and inspected
.
In addition, 691 products (763 products) violated the law and were returned or destroyed (Note: The numbers in parentheses are the data of the same period last year)
.
The frequency of inspections of imported food in Japan is determined by the number of items in the monitoring plan and the number of imported items in the current year.
The formula is as follows:Inspection frequency = number of monitoring plans for this year / total number of imports 　　FoodPartner.
com found in the documents published on the official website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan that in March each year, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare formulates the number of monitoring plans for the year (using the random sampling inspection method).
The number of monitoring plans formulated in 2020 is about 99,700, which is higher than The number of monitoring plans formulated in 2019 (approximately 99,000)
.
In other words, under normal circumstances, the number of monitoring plans for this year will increase slightly compared with the same period in previous years, which is a set increase
.
 　　In addition, the food partner network analysis found that due to the superimposed effects of the global new crown epidemic and the repeated local epidemics in 2020, the overall food import scale of Japan for the whole year has shown a significant decline
.
However, it is worth noting that while the inspection data has declined, the surveillance data has increased.
This indirectly reflects the increase in the frequency of inspections of imported food during the epidemic and the stricter inspections
.
 　　Violation 　　According to the "Report", among the violation cases, the violation of Article 13 of the Food Sanitation Law, that is, food specification issues (microorganisms, agricultural and animal residues, additives), was the most frequent, with a total of 418 cases
.
The second is the violation of Article 6 of the Food Sanitation Law, that is, the problem of aflatoxin, cyanide and other toxic and hazardous substances, with a total of 200 cases
.
In addition, in China, agricultural and animal residues and aflatoxins are equivalent to harmful factors and are not separated separately, which is quite different from Japan
.
 　　For the specific ratio, please refer to the pie chart of imported food violation cases in 2020 drawn by the following food partner network (violation clauses refer to the corresponding clauses in the Food Sanitation Law)
.
  　　Intensified monitoring inspections and order inspections implemented in China 　　The following is an excerpt from the "Report" of FoodPartner.
com that involves the content and performance of the strengthened monitoring and inspections and ordered inspections implemented in China, including products and projects in all countries that are targeted for countries.
The details are as follows
.
 　　(1) Products and items subject to strengthened monitoring and inspection (including products and items that have been ordered to be inspected): Difenoconazole and diflubenzuron in edamame, okra, isoprocarb and sec-butyl in perilla Thiamethoxam in ginger, acetochlor in adzuki beans, tebufenil in leeks, dimethomorph in carrots, thiamethoxam in garlic moss, dichlorvos and dibromophos in green onions, oxytetracycline in bee pupae, and potato Gaicaoneng, aflatoxins in sunflower seeds, diflubenzuron in spinach, and acetochlor in pine mushrooms; 　　(2) Products and items that are ordered to be inspected after strengthened monitoring and inspection: dimethomorph and triadimenol in carrots, thiamethoxam in garlic moss, and potato saponen; 　　(3) Products and items directly subject to order inspection: Cyclamate in some processed foods; 　　(4) The main target foods and actual results of the ordered inspections in China and all countries are as follows
.
    　　In addition, in the import inspection in 2021, China's unqualified items involved are difenoconazole in edamame, pyridaben in rapeseed, imidacloprid in fungus, acetochlor in red beans, thiamethoxam in onions, and red pepper.
Paclobutrazol, propiconazole in jujube and so on
.
 　　summary 　　(1) During special periods such as the new crown epidemic, due to the increase in the number of monitoring plans and the decrease in the total number of imports, the frequency of random inspections has increased, and the inspection efforts have become more stringent.
Therefore, FoodPartner.
com suggests that companies should pay more attention to them during special periods
.
 　　(2) Since the violations every year and the content of the strengthened monitoring inspections and ordered inspections implemented in China are universal, FoodPartner.
com recommends that companies should conduct self-inspection based on previous years' data
.

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com, please contact us for reprinting
.
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　　Food Partner Network News On August 27, 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Health, LabourandWelfare (MHLW)issued a monitoring result reportbased onthe implementation and monitoringof the 2020 imported food monitoring plan, which is the "Japan 2020 Imported Food Monitoring Results Report" (below Referred to as "Report")
.
Combining the monitoring and inspection situationin the "Report"and thedatarelated to China's food exports to Japan, Food Partnerswill interpret the three aspects of monitoring inspections, violations, strengthened inspections and ordered inspections, in order to provide domesticpractitioners whowant to export food and agricultural products to Japan.
Reference basis
.
Food network of partners News Food network of partners Japan imported food inspection Chinese food exports to Japan export food agricultural products 　　Monitoring inspectionMonitoring inspection 　　According to the "Report", the number of imported food items in Japan in 2020 is about 2.
35 million pieces (2.
54 million pieces), and the weight is about 31.
06 million tons (33.
27 million tons)
.
Inspections were carried out on 200,876 imported foods (217,216) of which applications were submitted, of which 99,730 (99,059) were monitored and inspected
.
In addition, 691 products (763 products) violated the law and were returned or destroyed (Note: The numbers in parentheses are the data of the same period last year)
.
 　　The frequency of inspections of imported food in Japan is determined by the number of items in the monitoring plan and the number of imported items in the current year.
The formula is as follows: 　　Inspection frequency = number of monitoring plans for this year / total number of imports 　　FoodPartner.
com found in the documents published on the official website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan that in March each year, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare formulates the number of monitoring plans for the year (using the random sampling inspection method).
The number of monitoring plans formulated in 2020 is about 99,700, which is higher than The number of monitoring plans formulated in 2019 (approximately 99,000)
.
In other words, under normal circumstances, the number of monitoring plans for this year will increase slightly compared with the same period in previous years, which is a set increase
.
 　　In addition, the food partner network analysis found that due to the superimposed effects of the global new crown epidemic and the repeated local epidemics in 2020, the overall food import scale of Japan for the whole year has shown a significant decline
.
However, it is worth noting that while the inspection data has declined, the surveillance data has increased.
This indirectly reflects the increase in the frequency of inspections of imported food during the epidemic and the stricter inspections
.
 　　Violation　Violation 　　According to the "Report", among the violation cases, the violation of Article 13 of the Food Sanitation Law, that is, food specification issues (microorganisms, agricultural and animal residues, additives), was the most frequent, with a total of 418 cases
.
The second is the violation of Article 6 of the Food Sanitation Law, that is, the problem of aflatoxin, cyanide and other toxic and hazardous substances, with a total of 200 cases
.
In addition, in China, agricultural and animal residues and aflatoxins are equivalent to harmful factors and are not separated separately, which is quite different from Japan
.
 　　For the specific ratio, please refer to the pie chart of imported food violation cases in 2020 drawn by the following food partner network (violation clauses refer to the corresponding clauses in the Food Sanitation Law)
.
  　　Intensified monitoring inspections and order inspections implemented in China　Intensified monitoring inspections and order inspections implemented in China 　　The following is an excerpt from the "Report" of FoodPartner.
com that involves the content and performance of the strengthened monitoring and inspections and ordered inspections implemented in China, including products and projects in all countries that are targeted for countries.
The details are as follows
.
 　　(1) Products and items subject to strengthened monitoring and inspection (including products and items that have been ordered to be inspected): Difenoconazole and diflubenzuron in edamame, okra, isoprocarb and sec-butyl in perilla Thiamethoxam in ginger, acetochlor in adzuki beans, tebufenil in leeks, dimethomorph in carrots, thiamethoxam in garlic moss, dichlorvos and dibromophos in green onions, oxytetracycline in bee pupae, and potato Gaicaoneng, aflatoxins in sunflower seeds, diflubenzuron in spinach, and acetochlor in pine mushrooms; 　　(2) Products and items that are ordered to be inspected after strengthened monitoring and inspection: dimethomorph and triadimenol in carrots, thiamethoxam in garlic moss, and potato saponen; 　　(3) Products and items directly subject to order inspection: Cyclamate in some processed foods; 　　(4) The main target foods and actual results of the ordered inspections in China and all countries are as follows
.
    　　In addition, in the import inspection in 2021, China's unqualified items involved are difenoconazole in edamame, pyridaben in rapeseed, imidacloprid in fungus, acetochlor in red beans, thiamethoxam in onions, and red pepper.
Paclobutrazol, propiconazole in jujube and so on
.
 　　summary　summary 　　(1) During special periods such as the new crown epidemic, due to the increase in the number of monitoring plans and the decrease in the total number of imports, the frequency of random inspections has increased, and the inspection efforts have become more stringent.
Therefore, FoodPartner.
com suggests that companies should pay more attention to them during special periods
.
 　　(2) Since the violations every year and the content of the strengthened monitoring inspections and ordered inspections implemented in China are universal, FoodPartner.
com recommends that companies should conduct self-inspection based on previous years' data
.

      This article is an original article by the Food Safety Compliance Division of FoodPartner.
com, please contact us for reprinting
.
The Food Safety Compliance Division provides domestic and foreign food standards and regulations management and consulting, food safety information monitoring and analysis and early warning, product registration and filing services, label review and compliance consulting, conference training services, etc.
, for detailed inquiries: 0535-2129301, email : Vip@foodmate.
net
.