Tentative Translation

JAS0416

JAPANESE AGRICULTURAL
STANDARD
Cultivated fish with production details

Date of Establishment: 2008-3-21
Date of Revision: 2024-7-12

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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Contents

Page

1

Scope .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2

Normative references............................................................................................................................................. 1

3

Terms and definitions ............................................................................................................................................ 1

4

Methods of production........................................................................................................................................... 2

5Labeling ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2

5.1

Labeling matters ....................................................................................................................................................... 25.2

Method of labeling ................................................................................................................................................... 2

5.3

Prohibited labeling matters ................................................................................................................................ 3(3)

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Foreword
This Japanese Agricultural Standard has been revised by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

through deliberations at the Council for the Japanese Agricultural Standards as the result of proposal forrevision of Japanese Agricultural Standard submitted by Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center(FAMIC), Incorporated Administrative Agency, with the original bill being attached, based on the provision ofArticle 4, paragraph (1) of the Act on Japanese Agricultural Standards as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant

to the provision of Article 5 of the Act. This edition replaces the previous edition of JAS for Cultivated Fishwith Production Details (JAS 0416:2019), which has been technically revised.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some parts of this Standard may conflict with patent rights,

published patent application or utility model rights. The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries andthe Council for the Japanese Agricultural Standards are not responsible for identifying any of such patentrights, published patent application or utility model rights.

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JAPANESE AGRICULTURAL STANDARD(Tentative Translation)

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Cultivated fish with production details
1 ScopeThis document specifies the methods of production of cultivated fish with production details.

2 Normative references

There are no normative references in this document.

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

3.1
production detailfollowing information pertaining to production of cultivated fish:a) name, address, and contact information of the aquaculture manager (or in the case of publicizing
information of a certified production process manager or certified overseas production process
manager, name, address, and contact information of the certified production process manager or
certified overseas production process manager, and name and address of the aquaculture
manager, as well as the commencement date of such management);b) location of the aquaculture farm;c)landing date of the cultivated fish;d) type of seedling;e) date and location of catch of the seedling (limited to the case where the type of seedling is anatural seedling);f)names of feeds used by the aquaculture manager and names of the manufacturer of the feeds;g) classes by efficacy and names of veterinary medicinal product used by the aquaculture manager[including veterinary medicinal products used for the seedling and excluding substances that areprovided for as clearly unlikely to cause harm to human health pursuant to the provision ofArticle 13, paragraph 3 of the Food Sanitation Act (Act No. 233 of 1947)];h) names of antifouling agents for fishing nets used for the aquaculture
3.2
aquaculture manager
person who manages cultivated fish and whose business is aquaculture

3.3
type of seedlinginformation as to whether it is a natural seedling or artificial seedling

3.4
natural seedlingseedling that is fry hatched through natural spawning or the like and that was gathered or caught by

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using fishing gear

3.5
artificial seedlingseedling other than natural seedlings

3.6
antifouling agent for fishing nets
substance used in fish aquaculture for preventing organisms from settling on cage nets
3.7
cultivated fish with production details
cultivated fish that conforms to the requirements of Clause 4 and 5

3.8
identification number
number or symbol that is necessary for identifying cultivated fish having the same production details
and that is designated by the certified production process manager or certified overseas production
process manager for each cultivated fish

4 Methods of production

The criteria for the methods of production of cultivated fish with production details are as follows:
records of production details by each identification number shall be accurately made and kept, andthe production details shall be released1 in accordance with facts.

Examples of methods to release production details include, but are not limited to, responding bytelephone, transmitting by facsimile, posting on a website, or a combination of these methods.
15 Labeling

5.1 Labeling matters
The following information shall be indicated as the labeling matters; provided, however, that thematter referred to in b) may be omitted when production details are indicated in accordance withfacts, on an easily read area of the container or package, invoice, or delivery slip, etc. in the case ofsellers other than retailers, or on an easily read area of the container or package, or a notice in thevicinity of the cultivated fish or any other easily read place in the case of retailers:a) Identification numberb) Method to release production details

NOTE Other labeling matters must be indicated in accordance with the provisions of the Food LabelingStandards (Cabinet Office Order No. 10 of 2015).

5.2 Methods of labeling

The methods of labeling shall be as follows.
a) NameAs the indication of the name, “生産情報公表養殖魚” in Japanese (which means “cultivated fishwith production details”) shall be shown in the vicinity of the general name that describes its
contents.

b) Identification number

The identification number shall be shown in an easily read area of the container or package,
invoice, or delivery slip, etc. in the case of sellers other than retailers, or in an easily read area of

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the container or package, or a notice in the vicinity of the cultivated fish or any other easily readplace in the case of retailers.
Methods to release production details

As the indication of the method to release production details, a phone number, facsimile number,website address, or any other contact information necessary for obtaining production details
shall be shown2 in an easily read area of the container or package, invoice, or delivery slip, etc. inthe case of sellers other than retailers, or in an easily read area of the container or package, or a
notice in the vicinity of the cultivated fish or any other easily read place in the case of retailers.
2Methods of indication include, but are not limited to, texts, or 2D codes.

NOTE Other methods of labeling must be indicated in accordance with the provisions of the Food LabelingStandards.

5.3 Prohibited labeling matters

With respect to prohibited labeling matters, terms that conflict with the matters specified in 5.1 andthe released contents of production details specified in Clause 4 shall not be indicated.

NOTE Other prohibited labeling matters must be in accordance with the provisions of the Food LabelingStandards.