Japan Proposes GI Application Changes to Boost Certain Food Exports
Japan recently proposed to revise its geographical indication regulations to increase exports of GI-protected processed foods, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service said in a report this week. The proposal would reduce “administrative requirements” for new GI applications and no longer…
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require the applications to “specify natural idiosyncrasies of the product,” the agency said. Japan expects the proposed changes will “encourage Japanese producers of well-known value-added food products to apply for GI protection and will enhance the recognition of Japan’s GI system in overseas markets,” USDA said. The country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is accepting public comments on the proposal submitted by Sept. 1.