Interpretation of Japan's New Food Labeling Law (III)

the new Food Labeling Benchmark will be introduced to the content of allergen identification. The Food Labeling Benchmark requires a total of 27 allergens to be labeled, of which 7 are specified as specific raw materials, requiring mandatory labeling, and the other 20 are recommended labels.1, about 27 kinds of required identification of allergensshrimp, crab, wheat, buckwheat, eggs, milk, peanuts and other 7 kinds of ingredients, to determine the induced food allergies, and the number of related food allergies, symptoms and consequences are more serious. The new labeling law stipulates that the above seven ingredients are specific raw materials and requires allergens to be forcibly labeled on processed foods containing specific raw materials and additives from specific raw material sources. Even if the content is small, the total amount of protein carried by a particular raw material per gram or milliliter of food reaches a microgram level, the identification of allergens is required. Specific products are prepackaged, for sale of processed foods and additives.Abalone, squid, salmon seeds, oranges, cashews, kiwi, beef, walnuts, sesame seeds, salmon, mackerel, soybeans, chicken, bananas, pork, pine, peaches, yams, apples, gelatin and other 20 kinds of ingredients, its allergen has been widely recognized, allergen symptoms are also more serious. However, the severity is not as severe as that of certain raw materials, so allergens are required to be identified as much as possible in processed foods containing these 20 ingredients.the above 20 ingredients do not require mandatory labeling, but do not identify allergens when consumers can not judge "really not used" or "use without identification." So according to the common sense of society should use these raw materials, when in fact it is really unused can be labeled unused. Allergen-related information can also be provided over the Internet and other means.Consumer Office issued a notice on food labeling (March 30, 2015 Eclipse Table No. 139), the Labeling of Foods Containing Allergens lists 27 ranges of raw materials, and 27 specific examples of raw material source additive labels are listed in Schedule 2.II, allergen identification method In order to facilitate consumers to understand what raw materials contain allergens, the new labeling law requires allergens to be identified separately as a principle, special circumstances allow uniform identification.Separate label refers to the processed food raw materials containing the above 27 kinds of ingredients, each raw material is followed by brackets to identify allergen methods, such as soy sauce (containing soybeans, wheat), milk (containing milk ingredients) and so on. Similarly, when additives from 27 sources are used in processed foods, allergens are identified separately with brackets after the name of the additive, such as lecithin (egg source), casein (milk source), etc. Figure 1 shows a separate example of an allergen.1 separate identification of allergensa uniform identification refers to the method of identifying all allergens with parentheses under raw materials or additives. Such as the bottom of the raw material name with parentheses marked "part contains soybeans, milk ingredients, wheat." Figure 2 shows an example of a uniform identification of allergens.2 Examples of Uniform Identification Allergens In the past, food-related practitioners may decide to adopt a separate labeling method or a uniform identification method at their own discretion. However, the new identity baseline provides for the principle of individual identification, and in some exceptional cases the uniform identity method is permitted. These special circumstances include: uniform marking can reduce the number of words, save the identification layout, specific raw material source additives for processing aids, the final product does not identify the additive, multi-species products using a container packaging, containing and does not contain specific raw materials products may be in contact with each other to cause pollution.identifying allergens separately, you can omit duplicate markers of allergens. If more than two raw materials are used in a processed food, the re-emergence of the same allergen can omit the allergen mark of any one raw material, and if an allergen recurs in a food using a specific raw material and an additive from that particular raw material source, any one of the specific raw materials or additive allergen labels can be omitted. The repetitive allergens in Figure 1 are omitted from Figure 3 the recurring allergens are omitted from Figure 3.individual identity can also be used instead of identity and expanded identity methods. Substitute marking means marking in a different way than the language used, but understanding the same substance as a particular raw material, such as eggs, duck eggs, in place of (containing eggs) marking. An expanded tag is a label that contains a specific raw material name or a replacement tag, and it is understandable that the identification method for that particular raw material is used. If labeled "Shanghai Crab", it can be understood that it contains specific raw materials crab.The Notice "On Food Labeling" issued by the Consumer Office (No. 139 of the Eclipse Table of March 30, 2015), Schedule 3 of the Labeling of Foods Containing Allergens lists 27 exceptions to the replacement and expansion of labeling that require the identification of raw materials.3. Exceptions to the exemption or non-exemption of allergen labelsexempt from specific allergen labels: 1. Foods that use specific raw materials but do not have antigens and do not induce food allergies, such as refined whey, etc. The Notice issued by the Consumer Department, "On Food Labeling" (March 30, 2015, Eclipse Form No. 139), "Identification of Foods Containing Allergens" documents the detection of allergens in food.. 2. Additives from specific raw material sources do not have antigens and do not induce food allergies. The testing of additive antigens may be carried out in accordance with the relevant regulations of the guidelines on the designation and use of
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(notice of the Director of Health and Human Health of the Ministry of Health and Health No. 29 of March 2996). . 3. Specific raw material source fragrances, there are currently no allergy-related reports, can be exempted from labeling. . 4. Alcohol produced by a particular raw material as raw material is not yet certain whether its antigen is caused by a particular raw material or by the alcohol itself, so the label may be exempted. . 5. The total amount of protein carried into a particular raw material per gram or milliliter of food is below the microgram level, the mark may be exempted. Excessible exceptions to allergen labeling: 1. Wheat used as raw material for soy sauce, although there is a view that wheat bran is decomposed in the soy sauce processing process its antigen is low, but at this stage there is no clear scientific conclusion, so allergens must be identified. . 2. Processing aids and processing additives, can be exempted from the label of additives, but 27 raw material sources require the identification of allergens. . 3. Composite raw material B, which contains a specific raw material A, sold to the factory to produce C processing products, B raw materials require the label allergen A. . 4. It is possible to mix in and bring into the situation, should be identified.
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