CUJ JR 154 (pdf) Japan Resources No 154 Thank you for visiting the English web site of Consumers Union of Japan. We have recently renewed our Japanese web site to better reflect all our campaigns both domestically and internationally. Consumers Union of Japan (NPO Nihon Shohisha Renmei) As we prepare to celebrate the bonenkai to [...]

Withdraw Plans to Reexamine Japan’s Strict Measures against Mad Cow Disease December 9, 2011 Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) decided on December 9, 2011 to consider reexamining the legal measures against Mad Cow Disease and to ask the BSE committee of the Food Safety Commission to deal with the issue by the [...]

Genetically modified papaya to be marketed in Japan for the first time but the labeling issue is not solved By Yamaura Yasuaki, CUJ The safety assessment of the genetically modified papaya was completed by the Food Safety Committee in 2009. In April, 2011 there was a deliberation about its labeling in the Consumer Committee of [...]