Technical Criteria for Certifying Re-packers of Organic Plants, Organic Processed Foods, Organic Feeds and Organic Livestock Products
(Notification No.1833 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.1181 of April 27, 2012
I. Facilities for re-packing and attaching grading labels
1. Facilities for re-packing
Facilities for organic plants, organic processed foods, organic feeds and organic livestock products shall comply with the criteria of “Management concerning transportation, selection, processing, cleaning, storage, packaging, and other post-harvest processes” in Article 4 of the Japanese
Agricultural Standard of organic plants (Notification No. 1605 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of October 27, 2005; hereafter referred to as the “JAS for organic plants”), “Management concerning manufacturing, processing, packaging, storage, and other processes” in Article 4 of the Japanese Agricultural Standard of Organic Processed Foods (Notification No.1606 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of October 27, 2005; hereinafter referred to as the “JAS for organic processed foods”), “Management concerning manufacturing, processing, packaging, storage and other processes” in Article 4 of the Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Feeds (Notification No.1607
of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of October 27, 2005; hereinafter referred to as the “JAS for organic feeds”) and “Management of slaughter, dressing, selection, processing, cleaning, storage, packaging, and other processes” in Article 4 of the Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Livestock Products (Notification No.1608 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of October 27, 2005; hereinafter referred to as the “JAS for organic livestock products”) respectively, and shall be provided with such broadness, structure and brightness not as interfering the re-packing and shall be cleaned appropriately.
2. Facilities for grading labeling
Facilities shall be for managing grading labeling.
