BRUSSELS REPORT BACKS INTERNATIONAL FOOD STANDARDS IN JAPAN
February 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Commission report has called on Japan to consider introducing international standards for food safety, saying the country's tough national rules impeded EU food exporters from penetrating Japanese markets. Indeed the report assessed that EU food companies' costs when selling into Japan rise at least 25% over domestic production costs. In a survey, the report authors found 30% of EU food company respondents wanted "international standards [as] an effective tool to reduce barriers in the Japanese food sector". They also backed ...
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