海外の食品包装の安全法規と最近の動向

摘要

In today's global marketplace, an understanding of foreign laws and regulations, as well as domestic standards, is necessary. While similar scientific principles form the bases of food-packaging regulations throughout the world, the approaches used and specific data requirements can differ significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. It is not a one-size-fits-all kind of world, as there are many subtle differences from region to regions in the data requirements. This article describes revision of regulations in USA and EU, and updated information on regulations in China and other Asian countries, Oceania, Gulf coast countries, Mercosur and Russia.%原材料と製品のグローバル化が進むなか,海外の安全法規を把握することは貿易立国日本としては必須の重要事項である。「日本の食品包装の安全法規と最近の動向」で触れたように,日本は従来欧米との整合化を意図して改正を進めてきたが,その欧米間では永年の食文化や近隣諸国との統合政策面の違いもあり,その安全法規にはかなりの相違点があるのが現状である。