Technical Criteria for Certifying Domestic or Overseas Production Process Managers of Organic Plants and Organic Feeds (limited to those unprocessed)
(Notification No.1830 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of November 25, 2005)
(Preliminary Translation)
Partial revision: Notification No.186 of February 22, 2006
Partial revision: Notification No.1178 of April 27, 2012
I. Facilities for Production and Storage
1. Production facilities
(1) Fields, cultivation sites or collection areas shall comply with the criteria of “Fields”, “Cultivation sites” or “Collection areas” in Article 4 of the Japanese Agricultural Standard of organic plants (Notification No.1605 of the Ministry of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fisheries of October 27, 2005; hereinafter referred to as the “JAS for organic plants”). Where perennial grasses are produced, “no less than three years before the first harvest of perennial plants” in
1. of the criteria of “Fields” shall read “no less than two years before the first harvest of perennial grasses.”
(2) Places for raising seedlings shall comply with the criteria of “Fields” and “Management of seedlings” in Article 4 of the JAS for organic plants.
2. Storage facilities
Facilities shall be provided with such broadness, structure and brightness not as interfering the management in accordance with the criteria of “Management concerning transportation, selection, processing, cleaning, storage, packaging, and other post-harvest processes” in Article 4 of the JAS for organic plants and shall be cleaned appropriately.
