Food Regulation in Japan and India

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Food Regulation in Japan and India
The ministry of Family and health Welfare is responsible for ensuring safe food to the consumers in India. Keeping this in consideration, a legislation called “Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (1954)” was put in place   (Indian Laws and Regulations Related to Health, 2011). The main objective of the legislation was to ensure pure and wholesome food to all consumers of any products produced with the boundaries of India or was brought to be used by Indian from foreign countries. It also aimed to reduce fraud or deception to the customers by producers (India’s Legislation, 2011). This act has been amended thrice 1964, 1976 and 1986. In the case of Japan, the main food regulatory agency for food safety matters in Japan is established under National Office for food safety (Japan Food Regulation Report, 2009). It is an important independent agency which is under the ministry of Agriculture. This is opposed to the regulatory bodies responsible for food in India. This is because in the case of India, the food regulation and protection is regulated by an act of parliament; “Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (1954)”. All the imported food must be supervised by this agency before they are allowed for distribution. The aim of this regulation is to ensure that the custom duty has been cleared and the food meets the standards. Just like in India, the agency also inspects the products that have specific dietary or health claims as instructed by the ministry of health (Japan Food Regulation Report, 2009). Japan b...