Japan Food Sanitation Act Amendment Implementation Survey, 2021 Onwards

A project implemented from fiscal year 2021 (Reiwa 3) by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. It aims to verify the effects and identify challenges for further improvement of the Food Sanitation Act, which was amended in 2018 (Heisei 30). The data consists of findings from a fact-finding survey conducted by a third-party contractor, with results published in HTML format.

Use Cases

• Analyze the implementation status of the amended Food Sanitation Act based on the fact-finding survey results.
• Identify challenges for improving hygiene management based on the project's stated objectives.
• Study the effects of the 2018 legal amendments on food safety practices in Japan.

Strengths

• Project is conducted by the authoritative national ministry (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare).
• Focuses on a specific legal amendment (2018 Food Sanitation Act) with a clear verification objective.
• Results are publicly disclosed, as stated in the description.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to the japan_data platform and the specific project scope.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Health and Life Hygiene Bureau, Food Safety Surveillance Division

Collection Method

Fact-finding survey conducted by a third-party contractor, as the project is not a statistical survey by an administrative agency.

Time Range

Project implementation started in fiscal year 2021 (Reiwa 3). The law under review was amended in 2018 (Heisei 30).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 13:05:13.334611; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan