December  2016 
Consumer  Affairs  Agency  
 
 
Overview  of Entire  Revision  to the Quality  Labeling  Rules 
for Miscellaneous  Manufactured  Goods  
 
 
 
 
 
1. Objective  for revisions  
To provide  consumers  with more accurate  quality  information  
 
 
2.Covered  Products  
(1) Tissue  paper  and toilet paper  
(2) Shoji paper  
(3) Shopping  carts 
(4) Aluminium  foil for serving  food or kitchen  use 
(5) Tableware and kitchen utensils manufactured by using synthetic 
rubber  in the whole  or a part of the product  
(6) Tableware and kitchen utensils manufactured by using tempered glass 
in the whole  or a part of the product  
(7) Tableware and kitchen utensils painted with Japanese lacquer or 
cashew  nut resin coating  (limited  to those  made  of wood and 
synthetic  resins)  
(8) Thermos  bottles  (limited  to those  with double -walled  glass inner 
vacuum bottle for table use, those with  double -walled  stainless steel 
inner vacuum  bottle  mainly  for drinking  water  to be taken  outdoors  
and those  with double -walled  stainless  steel inner vacuum  bottle  for 
table use) 
(9) Coats,  sweaters,  trousers  or pants,  dresses,  skirts,  jackets,  and 
gloves  manufactured  by using leather  or synthetic  leather  in the 
whole  or a part of the product  
(10)  Gloves  manufactured  by using leather  or synthetic  leather  in the 
whole  or a part of the product  
(11)  Bags (limited to those manufactured by using cowhide, horse leather, 
pigskin,  sheepskin  or goat skin) 
(12)  Chests  of drawers   
 
(13)  Desks  and tables  
(14)  Chairs,  stools,  and zaisu 
(15)  Spring mattresses and urethane  foam mattresses (limited to those  
with maximum  thickness  of urethane  foam part over 50 millimeters)  
 
 
3. Outline  of revisions  
The proposed   entire   revision   of  the  Quality   Labeling   Rules   for 
Miscellaneous  Manufactured  Goods  includes  the following  changes:  
(1) With regard  to tableware  and kitchen  utensils  manufactured  by 
using synthetic  rubber  in the whole  or a part of the product,  it 
is obliged to indicate  “Materials”  and “Heat -resistant  
temperature”  etc. 
(2) With regard  to tableware  and kitchen  utensils  manufactured  by 
using tempered glass in the whole or a part of the product, it is obliged to 
add the effect  that “this material  is not borosilicate  glass or glass 
ceramics”  in the handling  precautions.  
(3) With regard  to bags (limited  to those  manufactured  by using 
cowhide, horse leather, pigskin, sheepskin or goat skin), gloves  
manufactured  by using leather  or synthetic  leather  in the whole  
or a part of the product  and tableware  and kitchen  utensils  painted  
with Japanese  lacquer  or cashew  nut resin coating,  the name  of 
handling  precautions  “手入れ方法及び保存方法 ” and “使用上の 注意” are 
unified  to “取扱い上の注意  ” in light of consistency  with name  of 
handling  precautions  for other items.  
(4) With regard  to thermos  bottles(limited  to those  with double -walled  
glass inner vacuum  bottle  for table use, those  with double -walled  
stainless  steel inner vacuum  bottle  mainly  for drinking  water  to be 
taken  outdoors),  thermos  bottles  with double -walled  stainless  steel 
inner vacuum  bottle  for table use are to be added  as new labeling  
matters.  
With regard  to the actual  situation  of using thermos  bottles  (limited  
to those  with double -walled  glass inner  vacuum  bottle for table  use, 
those  with double -walled  stainless  steel inner vacuum  bottle  mainly  
for drinking  water  to be taken  outdoors  and those  with double -walled  
stainless  steel inner vacuum  bottle),  a method  which  leaves  for 24 
hours  without  opening  the lid until measuring  the temperature  inner 
of the thermos  bottles  for indicating  time of Heat-insulting  is 
deleted.   
 
With regard  to thermos  bottles  with double -walled  stainless  steel 
inner vacuum  bottle  mainly  for drinking  water  to be taken  outdoors  
and for the exclusive  use of keeping  cold, it is obliged to add 
Cold-insulating  property  as labelling  matters.  
(5) With regard  to the types of material  for coats,  sweaters,  
trousers  or pants,  dresses,  skirts,  jackets,  and gloves  
manufactured  by using leather  or synthetic  leather  in the  whole  or 
a part of the product,  a Labeler  may indicate  artificial  leather  as 
“ 合成皮革 ” which  means  “synthetic  leather”.  
(6) With regard  to handling  precautions  for chests  of drawers,  desks,  
tables,  chairs,  stools,  and zaisu,  the proviso  for indicating  “in the 
method  of not separating  from the main body”  is deleted.  
(7) With regard  to terms  of the types  of material  for chests  of drawers,  
desks,  tables,  chairs,  stools,  and zaisu,  a Labeler may use 
“MDF”  in place of “fiberboard”.  
(8) With regard  to chests  of drawers,  desks,  tables,  chairs,  stools,  and 
zaisu,  spring  mattresses,  and urethane  foam mattresses  (limited  to 
those  with maximum  thickness  of urethane  foam part over 50 
millimeters),  a Labeler m ay use centimetre  in addition  to 
millimetre  when indicating  the unit of number for each dimensions.  
(9) With regard  to handling  precautions  for desks,  tables,  chairs,  stools,  
and zaisu,  any parts of handling  precautions  which  are not 
appropriate  obviously  by the decision  of the manufacturers,  
sellers,  and labeling  contractors  may be omitted.  
(10)  With regard to spring mattresses, indications of shape, number, 
and material  type of coil spring  are deleted.  
(11)  With regard  to the indication  of urethane  foam mattresses,  
the testing  method,  classification,  and labeling  method  for 
hardness  is changed.  
(12)  With regard  to shopping  carts,  chests  of drawers,  desks,  tables,  
chairs,  stools,  zaisu,  spring  mattresses,  and urethane  foam 
mattresses  (limited  to those  with maximum  thickness  of urethane  
foam part over 50 millimeters), a Labeler may indicate dimensions 
(for example, depth, width and  height)  at  arbitrary  order, 
and shall indicate  each part of the products  corresponding  to each 
dimension  in a plain way.  
 
With regard to tissue paper, toilet paper, shoji paper and aluminium 
foil for serving  food or kitchen  use, a Labeler shall indicate  
each part of the products  corresponding  to each dimension(for  
example,  depth,  width  and height)  in a plain way. 
With regard to spring  mattresses,  a Labeler  may indicate  materials  
of filling at arbitrary  order.  
 
 
4. The subject  of the revisions  
The following  document,  pursuant  to the provision  of the Household  
Goods  Quality  Labeling  Act (Act No. 104 of 1962),  is the subject  to 
revisions.  
-The Quality  Labeling  Rules for Miscellaneous  Manufactured  Goods  
(Ministerial  Notification  No.137  of the Cabinet  Office,  June 11, 
2013)