Japan — Technical Information & Standards
JAS Law Change from 1st October 2022
From 1st October 2022, all JAS accredited Certification Bodies, including NCO, must provide and share certification information of certified operators with other certification bodies. This will be in cases where risks and/or concerns of organic integrity and certification compliance issues arise in relation to JAS certification and exporting to Japan under AUS-JAP equivalency arrangement based on Australia National Standard certification. Please note that this is already covered in NCO Operator Contract Section 22.3 ii.
Changes to Organic Alcohol Regulation in Japan from 1st October 2022
Japan is a regulated market for organic products and alcohol has been out of scope from JAS program certification so far. But, as of 1st October 2022, organic alcohol products will be regulated as organic JAS processed foods which requires JAS certification and JAS labelling, with a three year transition period applicable. More information here.
Other JAS Documents
- JAS Standard for Organic Processed Foods March 2017 (PDF 135 KB)
- JAS Standard for Organic Plants March 2017 (PDF 262 KB)
Other Guidelines & Technical Information Sheets
Organic Operator Guidelines
- Guideline – Preparing for Your Inspection (PDF)
- Guideline – Overview NCO Certification Process (PDF)
- NASAA Bulletin—Fungicides Dec 2011 (PDF 89 KB)
- Guidelines IS7 10 Control of Rodents Feral Animals on Certified and Non Certified 2018 (PDF 181 KB)
- Guidelines IS7 8 Setting Up an Internal Control System 2013 (PDF 404 KB)
- Guidelines IS7 3 Additional Acreage (PDF 21 KB)
Technical Information Sheets
- Info Sheet — Preparing for Your NCO Inspection (PDF 661 KB)
- Info Sheet 1 — Composting Guidelines NA010 (216 KB)
- Info Sheet 2 — Risk Management Planning 300817 (212 KB)
- Info Sheet 3 — Product withdrawal 300817 (193 KB)
- Info Sheet 4 — Certification Claims during Conversion 300817 (197 KB)
- Info Sheet — Copper fungicides Dec 2010 (19 KB)
- Formulation Sheets – Generic Product Template
- Formulation Sheets – Infant Formula Template
- Formulation Sheets – Inputs Template
- Formulation Sheets – Soap & Cosmetics Template
- Formulation Sheets – Wine Template
Older Technical Communiqués
- NCO Technical Communique October 2020 (PDF)
- NCO Technical Communiqué April 2020 (PDF)
- NCO Technical Communique November 2019 (PDF)
- NCO Technical Communique May 2019 (PDF)
- NCO Technical Communiqué April 2018 (PDF)
- NCO Technical Communiqué September 2017 (PDF 381 KB)
- NCO Technical Communiqué April 2017 (PDF 645 KB)