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Explains the difference between best-before dates and use-by dates under Japanese food labeling practice, with practical points for imported foods, overseas date formats, storage conditions, temperature control and online sales.
Cosmetics Import and Marketing Licences in Japan refer to the practical set of PMD Act licences, notifications and responsible-party requirements needed when overseas cosmetic products are imported and sold in Japan.
Cosmetics in Japan are products used to clean, beautify, increase attractiveness, alter appearance, or keep the skin or hair in good condition, with mild action on the human body. For import sale, overseas cosmetic products must be checked under the PMD Act, including classification, ingredients, notifications, labelling and advertising claims.
Explains Japan’s Foods for Specified Health Uses system, including product-by-product government review, permitted health-use claims, differences from Foods with Function Claims, imported food issues and advertising control.
Explains Japan’s Foods with Function Claims system, including pre-sale notification, scientific evidence, imported food issues, supplement-type products, advertising control, 2024 system revisions and post-market health information management.
Health foods are products consumed for health maintenance, nutrition, beauty or wellness purposes. In Japan, imported health foods may be handled as foods, but their ingredients, labels, advertising claims and sales purpose must also be checked under the PMD Act and other related laws.
In vitro diagnostics are regulated products used to examine specimens taken from the human body, such as blood, urine, tissue or secretions, for diagnosis, testing or measurement. In Japan, importers should check whether the product falls under the PMD Act before sale, distribution or diagnostic use.
A Medical Device Marketing Authorization Holder Licence is the PMD Act licence required for the Japan-side party responsible for placing medical devices on the Japanese market.
Medical devices imported into Japan may require PMD Act classification, licensing, registration, approval, certification or notification depending on their intended use, risk class and marketing claims.
Medicinal claims are expressions that suggest treatment, prevention, improvement of disease or effects on the structure or function of the body, and may create PMD Act risks for foods, supplements, cosmetics and general goods sold in Japan.
Explains misleading quality representation under Japan’s advertising and fair labeling rules, especially for imported foods, health foods, origin claims, quality claims, comparative advertising and overseas marketing materials used in Japan.
Explains nutrition labeling requirements for foods sold in Japan, including mandatory nutrients, sodium-to-salt equivalent conversion, imported food labels, nutrition claims and consistency between labels, online sales pages, advertisements and social media posts.
Explains non-customs laws and related regulations that may need to be checked when importing goods into Japan, including food sanitation, quarantine, PMD Act, product safety, intellectual property, dangerous goods, chemicals and rules of origin.
The PMD Act is Japan’s main law for pharmaceuticals, quasi-drugs, cosmetics, medical devices and related products, and is important when imported goods may affect health, beauty, diagnosis, treatment or body functions.
Quasi-drugs are products regulated under Japan’s PMD Act that have milder effects than pharmaceuticals but are used for certain approved purposes, often seen in medicated cosmetics, oral care, hair care and hygiene products.