Food safety and quality standards in Japan : compliance of suppliers from developing countries
Jonker, Theo H. ; Ito, Hiroshi ; Fujishima, Hiroji
Agricultural and fisheries exports are an important source of income for many developing countries. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agriculture agreement was expected to provide developing countries with opportunities to expand their exports. In practice, it appears that many countries, in particular, the poorest, have major problems in meeting the food safety requirements and other standards in importing countries. Therefore, the Genoa G8 countries and the Doha Declaration ask for more attention to the needs of poor countries to support them in meeting the standards on trade. The World Bank has started a survey on the Cost of Compliance of meeting standards for trade by the private sectors and governments in exporting developing countries. The focus of the study is on low and middle income countries, but buyers' surveys in importing (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) OECD countries (European Union, Japan, and North America) are included. The purposes of the buyer surveys are to gain importer and distributor perspectives on the evolving commercial and regulatory environments for selected foods, and to gain their perspectives on the challenges faced by their developing country suppliers in meeting emerging standards. The country report on Japan is the result of interviews with buyers, traders, and officials with a focus on the shrimp and horticultural sectors. The Japanese sanitary, phytosanitary, and other standards and the compliance of suppliers from developing countries are analyzed. The report concludes with recommendations to enhance the suppliers' compliance.
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