Food and Agricultural Regulation and Product Safety

Our team can help you with matters including:

• Hygiene management
• Fertilizers, agrochemicals, and fodder
• Import and export regulations
• Genetically modified crops
• Advertising
• Food labeling (food labeling standards),
• Organic standards
• Recalls and product liability
• Meat substitutes and meal replacements

When advising foreign clients, our firm can field a team of expert Japanese lawyers and foreign lawyers who have relevant experience and bi-cultural sensitivity. Our team can do business and draft documents in Japanese, English, German, Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, and Marathi, and provides services around the clock through our global affiliated offices.

 

 

Related Publications

• Revised Intellectual Property Strategies for Proactive Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries – Establishment of Japan Food Brand - Textbook for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Intellectual Property, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (2021) [Co-author]
• Legal Consulting on Intellectual Property of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Part II, SEIRIN SHOIN (2019) [Co-author]
• Food Agriculture: Laws and Systems, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc. (2018)
• Intellectual Property Strategies for Proactive Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries – Establishment of Japan Food Brand - Textbook for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Intellectual Property, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (2018) [Co-author]

 

Related Newsletters

• "Japan’s Positive List System for Utensils, Containers, and Packaging Intended for Food Use (Effective from June 1, 2025)" (May, 2025) 
• "Overview of the Food Labeling Act" (December 2022)
• "Revisions to the Agricultural Chemicals Control Act" (May 2019)

 

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