Outline of Proposed Amendments   
・JAS format shall be amended in  accordance with JIS Z 8301.  
 
・Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Products of Plant Origin (JAS1605)  
Item  Proposed Amendments   
3 Terms and Definitions 
 (Old Article 3 (Definitions)) 
 3.7 Cultivation site ※Amended as follows 
A cultivation site means a place where mushrooms are cult ured, where logs 
inoculated with mushrooms spawn are kept , or where mushrooms bear fruit, or a 
cultivation facility of sprouts (excluding the field; the same applies hereinafter), 
and Wate r-Wasabi  Paddy Fields.  
4 Principles of the 
Production of Organic 
Products of Plant Origin  
(Old Article 2 (Principles 
for the Production of Organic Products of Plant Origin)) 
 4 Principles of the Production of Organic Products of Plant Origin ※Amended 
as follows 
a) In order to maintain and improve the natural cyclical function of agriculture, 
organic products of plant origin are produced in the field adopting a cultivation 
management method that maximizes the productivity of agricultural land derived 
from the nature of the soil (including the productivity derived from agricultural 
and forestry products in the case of production of mushrooms,  and the 
productivity derived from seeds in the case of production of sprouts, and the 
productivity derived from water as well as the nature of gravel bed cultivation in 
the case of Water-Wasabi production ) and reduces the en vironmental load 
resulting from agricultural production as much as possible, on the basis that 
chemically synthesized fertilizers and agricultural chemicals are not used; o r 
5 Production Methods  
 
(Old Article 4 ( The criteria 
for the methods of 
production of organic 
products of plant origin are 
as follows. )) 
 5.6 Seeds used in cultivation facilities of sprouts ※Amended as follows 
5.6.3 Substances specified in Table D.1 (other than hypochlorous acid water 
(limited to those obtained by electrolyzing salt solution (limited to those using 
salt containing no less than 99% sodium chloride; the same applies hereinafter))  
and sodium hypochlorite)  have not been used for seeds set forth in 5.6.1(A) 
5.7 Seeds or Seedlings used in the cultivation sites of Water- Wasabi ※New 
provision 
      
5.7.1  
such seeds or seedlings must be in confor mity with the provisions specified in 5.2 
and 5.11 through 5.15. 
 
5.7.2 
Notwithstanding the provisions of precedi ng 5.7.1, those produced without using 
prohibited substances may be used, in the cases where it is difficult to obtain 
such seeds or seedlings specified in  5.7.1, or there’s a necessity to 
maintain/renew the varieties or it’s difficult to cultivate such seeds or seedlings 
specified in 5.7.1. 
 
5.7.3 
Notwithstanding the provisions of preceding 5.7.1 and 5.7.2,  it is permissible to 
use such seeds or seedlings grown in th e fields where chemically synthesized 
fertilizers or agricultural chemicals that sh ow a lasting effect after planting in the 
fields have not been used, in the cases where it is difficult to obtain such seeds or 
seedlings specified in 5.7.1 and there are no seeds or seedlings etc. available for 
planting due to disasters, pests and diseases etc.  
5.9 Cultivation Management in the Cultivation Sites of Mushrooms ※Amended 
as follows  
 5.9.1 a) Substances (*1) derived from trees and bamboos, such as log, sawdust, 
chips, spawn blocks, or the like have been obtained  from trees which are cut in a 
specified area where prohibited substan ces have not been used and have not 
drifted or run off from surrounding areas into the site for the past three or more years, and which have not undergone any chemical treatment after being cut; and  
(*1) log, sawdust, chips, spawn blocks, etc. 
 
5.9.1 b)  Any substances other than those derived from trees and bamboos  are 
limited to those derived from any of the following:  
 
5.9.1 c)  
Mushroom Beds (limited to those that have been used for the production of 
mushroom bed cultivated mushrooms produced in accordance with the 
provisions specified in 5.9) 
 
5.9.2 
Notwithstanding the provisions of preceding 5.9.1, however,  if it is difficult to 
obtain substances that conform to the criteria set forth in 5.9.1 a) (1) or b) (2)  in 
the production of mushrooms cultivated using compost, such fertilizers and soil 
improvement substances listed in Appended Table A.1  may be used. 
 
5.9.3 
Notwithstanding the provisions of preceding 5.9.1, in the production of the 
compost-cultivated mushrooms other than  those compost-cultivated mushrooms 
that are cultivated basing on the soils, if it is difficult to cultivate such 
mushrooms only using those obtain  substances that conform to the criteria  set 
forth in 5.9.1 a)~c) , it is permissible to use those fertilizers and soil improvement 
substances (2) in the production of mushrooms cultivated using bed (meaning 
those cultivated by a method to plant spawn in a culture medium made of 
sawdust which is mixed with wheat bran, bran, water, and the like, and is con use 
those solidated into the form of a block, a cylinder, or the like), the rice bran and 
wheat that conform to the “Substances derived from plant, livestock, and marine 
products which were used in food or textile industries” section listed in 
Appended Table A.1 ,in addition to those specified in 5.9.1 a)~c). may be used:   
 
5.9.4 
Notwithstanding the provisions of preceding 5.9.1, if it is difficult to obtain 
substances that conform to the criteria set forth in 5.9.1 b) (2) in the production 
of mushrooms cultivated using bed (meaning those cultivated by a method to 
plant spawn in a culture medium made of sawdust which is mixed with wheat 
bran, bran, water, and the like, and is consolidated into the form of a block, a 
cylinder, or the like) , the rice bran and wheat kinds of bran and wheat bran 
(“fusuma ”) that conform to the “Substances derived from plant, livestock, and 
marine products which were used in food or textile industries” section listed in 
Appended Table A.1, and Calcium carbona te and Slaked lime listed in Table A.1 , 
may be used:  
5.10 Cultivation Management of Sprouts in the Cultivation Sites  ※Deleted as 
follows  
(b) Culture medium (limited to natural substances or those derived from natural 
resources which have not undergone any chemical treatment (excluding those 
manufactured by using recombinant DNA technology) to which fertilizers, 
agricultural chemicals, or othe r substances are not applied); 
5.11 Cultivation Management of Water- Wasabi  in the Cultivation Sites  ※New 
provision 
5.11.1 
Source of water used for the cultivation shall be limited to spring water, river 
water, and underground water.  
 5.11.2 
Naturally derived gravel and sand etc. may be used, in order to maintain and 
improve the productivity derived from the gravel bed cultivation.  
 5.11.3 
Fertilizers and soil improvement substances, and agricultural chemicals are not 
allowed for use. 
 
5.11.4 
Such water-wasabi produced in accordance with 5.11.1 must be kept under 
control to prevent contamination with agricultural chemicals, cleaners, 
disinfectants, and any other substances. 
Appendix B 
 (Old Appended Table 2 (Agricultural Chemicals)) 
 Appendix B Table B.1  
 
※Added Agricultural chemicals 
Ethylene 
Metaldehyde agent 
Shiitake mushroom liquid extract water-soluble powders 
Kasugamycin liquid agent 
Kasugamycin powder material 
Kasugamycin water-soluble powders 
Kasugamycin granule 
Other agricultural chemicals (limited to those containing two or more active 
substances that are contained as active su bstances in the agri cultural chemicals 
listed in Table B.1) 
 
※Deleted Agricultural chemicals 
Sulfur and copper wettable powder 
Sodium hydrogen carbonate and copper wettable powder 
Biological pesticides such as natural enemies and copper wettable powder 
Chlorella extract liquid 
Wax wettable powder 
Diatomite powde r 
Appendix D 
 
(Old Appended Table 5 
(Substances for Preparation or other purposes)) 
 Appendix D Table D.1  
 
※Added substances for preparation or other purposes 
Sodium hypochlorite (limited to those obtained by electrolyzing the salt solution 
(limited to those containing 99% or more sodium chloride)) 
Calcium carbonate 
Calcium hydroxide 
 
※Deleted Criteria of substances for preparation or other purposes 
Hypochlorous acid water