Law stated as at 01 Apr 2016 |
Existing system | Current system under the Act |
Foods and Health Foods | |
Not applicable | New system for overseas food facility registration (Article 5). |
On-site inspection of overseas food facilities:
| On-site inspection of overseas food facilities:
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"Good importer" registration system: applicable only to foods (Article 20, FSA). | "Good importer" registration system:
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Advanced verification registration system: applicable to foods and Health Foods (Article 19, FSA and Article 8, FHFA). | "Good overseas food facility" registration system:
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Livestock products | |
No particular regulation under the LPSCA. However, under the Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases, import sanitation conditions of the exporting country relating to any infectious diseases or hazardous contaminants are determined and overseas establishments are registered and managed (Article 34(2)). | Import sanitation assessment:
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In principle, all business operators and food products are subject to documentary review, sensory evaluation and close inspection and random sample testing, at the same level of scrutiny (Article 19, FSA, Article 8, FHFA and Article 15, LPSCA). | In principle, all business operators and Imported Food Products are organised and managed by classification (Article 19): Good. A business operator registered as a "good importer". Ordinary. A business operator not classified as a "good importer" or "supervised importer". Supervised. A business operator who either:
Inspection of Imported Food Products by Classification (Article 21): Level 1. An Imported Food Product, either:
Level 2.
Level 3. An Imported Food Product either:
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Order for Inspection. Applicable only to foods (Article 19-4, FSA). | Order for Inspection. Applicable to all foods, Health Foods and livestock products (Article 22). |
Tracing and tracking management of distribution history:
| Tracing and tracking management of distribution history:
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Not applicable. | Establishment and execution of distribution management plan (Article 24). |
Types of business:
| Types of business:
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Order for education: applicable only to foods (Article 19-3, FSA). | Order for education: applicable to all foods, Health Foods and livestock products (Article 26). |
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