2009
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2009年04月22日
Regulations – Standards – Ce…
Heinz W. Kuhlmann Representative of NürnbergMesse in Japan In order to ensure the quality and safety of products and services various regulations and standards have been established in most countries. Many standards and respective laws focus on health and food safety. Other regulations with similar content and purpose are based on religious precepts. While this is useful …
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2009年04月21日
Situation on the Japanese Organic Market…
Remi Bauer With the introduction of the Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS) for organic agricultural and processed foods, the Japanese organic market has enjoyed an increasing interest. However, in 2006, only 0.18% of Japan’s agricultural area was organic farmland. Other countries are far ahead; for instance, Austria with 13%, Switzerland with 12% and Germany with 5% …
