Labeling of natto '22
JNCSF Vice President
Satoshi Kosugi

Obligation
Beverage and foodprocessors

Correct labelingof products•••Consumers

SafetyQuality information
Health information

2「Batch Labelling」（株）納豆連水戸市●●① Name② Raw material name
③ Content④ expiration date or bestflavour date
⑤ Additives⑥ Preservation method⑦ Name and address of foodcompany⑧ Location of factory andname of manufacturer
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Food Labeling ActＢ) Quality mattersHygiene matters

Appropriatequality

Ensuring foodsafety

Place of origin

Name

Additives

ContentsRaw materials

GMO
Country oforigin

Allergenect.

Factory etc.

etc.
Nutrition informationＣ)

Preservation
methodExpiration or bestflavour date

Name of origin ofraw materials

Food-relatedbusinessesＡ)

Foods with functional claims

Insurance matters

From the website of the Bureauof Social Welfare andPublic Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

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「Batch Labelling」
NameRawmaterials（株）納豆連Contents

Natto【Natto】Whole soybeans（America or Canada）（IP (Identity Preserved)）[Sauce] Soy sauce････[Mustard] Mustard････

Natto（45g×3）
Sauce（4.8g×3）････

水戸市●●5

「Batch Labelling」
NameContents

Best-flavour
date

Described on the top

Preservation
methodRefrigerate (below 10°C)

Sellerinformation

JNCSF Co., Ltd.
Address＜Mito City, Ibaraki
Prefecture･･････＞

Manufacturer
information

Factory specific code isindicated on the top

Addition material「／Seasoning（Amino acids,etc.）」（株）納豆連水戸市●●Raw matarials

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「Allergy Label」
Insurance Matters
Aimed at preventing healthhazards for food allergy people

Allergens (including items recommendedfor labeling)

wheat, soybeans
7「Nutrition Information」
Insurance Matters

Determine the nutritional
components that affect people's
health, and display the content, etc.
as a nutritional component label.
Natto, sauce, mustard 1 packper (50.4g)
EnergyProtein

Carbohydrate

Salt equivalentLipid8

「Container recycling label」
Displayed for the purpose ofrecycling product containers andpackaging (bottles, PET bottles, filmbags, plastic shopping bags, etc.)
disposed as general household waste.

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「GMO Label」
Obligatory Label• GMO（Not GMO）• GMO indistinguishable

Optional Label• Not GMO

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「GMO Label」
Optional Label• Not GMO

（Not GMO）

Unintentional
Commingling0%！
is allowed up to 5%

Alternate label phrase• IP (Identity Preserved)11• Has it become GMO soybeans?
• Did they start using GMO soybeans?
• The label IP (Identity Preserved) is difficult
to understand.

Is it okay to eat because it
uses domestic soybeans?

Is it possible to write"Managed separately from
GMO soybeans" outside thebatch labeling frame?

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GMO Label・Separate production anddistribution management
completed・Controlled to prevent
genetically modified cominglingetc.

April 2022

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GMO Label
Importedsoybeans

Domesticsoybeans

They can be labelled as• Separate production anddistribution management
completed• Controlled to prevent
genetically modified comingling,etc.

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Rise in resource and food prices

COVID-19

Widening inequality

Global extreme weather

The war in Ukraine

Global recession

Risk of nuclear use

Uncertain global economics
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