WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/66
9 January 2003
(03-0091)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Hams (HS: 73.1111)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Quality Labelling
Standard of Hams (English, 2 pages)
6. Description of content:   The Quality Labelling Standard of Hams will be amended as
follows:
(1) To relax the restrictions on the cutting forms;(2) To abolish the obligation to indicate both of producer and processor/packer on a
label;  and
(3) To abolish the obligation to indicate water activity on a label.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of the consumers' interest.
8. Relevant documents:   The Law Concerning Standardization and Proper Labelling of
Agricultural and Forestry Products (1950 Law No. 175)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Before March 2003 (To be announced in the official gazette)
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be announced in the official gazette.
10. Final date for comments:   26 February 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           