Mandatory scheme
HACCP-based hygiene management
HACCP-based hygiene management — mandatory scheme, Japan. It binds food business operators in Japan.
- Jurisdiction
- Japan
- Record class
- Mandatory scheme
- Last verified
Where this applies
This record is scoped to Japan. Scope is part of the claim: a rule that binds one part of a country does not bind the whole of it, and this library states the scope its sources state.
Instrument
2018 Food Sanitation Act amendment
Who it binds
Food business operators in Japan
What it requires
HACCP-based hygiene management has been mandatory in principle for all food business operators since 1 June 2021, with a simplified approach available to smaller operators alongside the full Codex-based approach used by larger operators and slaughterhouses.
Route to the authority
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