Overview
This page records the local English translation of Japan’s Ministerial Ordinance on Milk and Milk Products ingested as Ministerial Ordinance on Milk and Milk products Concerning Compositional Standards, etc.. It is retained as a source-snapshot page because current-law status was not independently verified during this ingest.
Scope
The ordinance covers definitions, compositional standards, manufacturing and storage conditions, testing methods, and container/package specifications for milk, milk products, and foods using milk as a principal ingredient.
Exact limit and units
The local PDF gives compositional requirements for formulated milk powder, including milk solids content minimum 50.0% and moisture not more than 5.0%. Heavy-metal provisions found during ingest relate to container/package tests, including heavy-metals tests using 4% acetic acid elution and lead-standard color comparison. The source page does not extract a finished-food heavy-metal maximum level for infant formula.
How tested
The ordinance includes detailed test procedures. Heavy-metals testing for relevant container/package sections uses 4% acetic acid elution and lead-standard color comparison; arsenic testing references the general Arsenic Test Method.
Enforcement posture
This page is regulatory context only. Current legal use should verify against current Japanese MHLW text before application.
History of changes
The source PDF is an English translation generated in 2007 of an ordinance originally dated 1951-12-27.
How it compares
Comparison to Codex/EU/FDA/FSANZ formula contaminant limits is not performed here because the extracted heavy-metal provisions are packaging/material specifications rather than finished-food MLs.
References
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Sources
Update history
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