Related Laws : Plant Protection Law

626 Japan's policy on the list of harmful non-quarantine animals and plants
583 Clarification of import standards for stag beetles and horned beetles from abroad
529 Improvement of the plant quarantine system pertaining to imports of fresh bananas
518 Improvement of storage facilities before quarantine inspection, pertaining to the import of cut flowers
515 Import approval for rice straw baskets pertaining to the import of liquor
492 Simplification and expediting of quarantine procedures regarding import of apples
430 Regarding import quarantine for cut flowers
1. Increases the number of inspectors both at Narita International Airport and in the Netherlands.
2. Expansion of the quarantine facilities at Narita International Airport and elsewhere.

421 Review of handling of harmful insects with regard to cut flowers
420 Abolishment of requirement of the plant quarantine certificates for frozen fruit and vegetables.
419 Review of the areas from which imports of fresh fruits or vegetables are banned
352 1. Concerning the inspection of fresh fruit and vegetables at Narita Tokyo International Airport, expedition of the inspections through expansion of the numbers of quarantine inspectors, enlarging the inspection space, and expanding the fumigation facilities.
2. Longer import notification hours for foodstuffs at ports in the Keihin district and at Narita Tokyo International Airport.

350 Concerning the plant quarantine inspection for vegetable residuals,
1. Exception from the testing and inspection at subsequent ports when unloading is conducted at a number of ports and when the product has passed the testing and inspection at the first port of entry.
2. Expansion of fumigation including Saturday afternoons and holidays.
3. Exemption from testing and inspection for soybean meal and rapeseed cake on the grounds that they are primary agricultural products that have been heat-treated.

335 Exemption was requested from the plant quarantine inspection requirement for processed rice flour products.
332 Flexibility about minor errors in phytosanitary certificates and animal quarantine certificates issued by the government agencies of foreign countries when it is possible to be easily verify the facts from other documentation.
315 Exemption of the import inspection in Japan for cut flowers that have been pre-inspected in the exporting country.
314 Abolition of the post-entry quarantine required for import of bulbs.
313 Exemption form the inspection for specific frozen vegetables
312 Introduction of inspection-free and easy-inspection areas for the import of malt.
311 Approval for hydrogen phosphide fumigation in Hokkaido in the winter.
310 Increase of times of plant quarantine inspections on holidays and after regular working hours
265 Clarification of time and other standards for disinfections of imported cut orchids.
256 Concerning the import of seeds, exemption from the obligation to attach the phytosanitary certificate issued by the government of the exporting country.
255 Exemption from the post-entry quarantine in the import of the bulbs of narcissus for indoor cultivation which were cut and sprouted in the exporting country.
247 Approval of the use of China-grown rice straws as the binding material of China-grown oak leaves when they are imported.
244 Concerning the import of frozen fruits, exemption from the obligation to describe the freezing temperature in phytosanitary certificate issued by plant protection authority.
243 Concerning the import of retail packet seeds, simplification of the procedure of attaching phytosanitary certificate to every packet.
234 Concerning the import of cut flowers,
1. Expedition of the plant quarantine process.
2. Limitation of the kinds of pests to be fumigated.

212 Concerning the import of quarantine cargoes such as fruits and vegetables, approval of the import procedure using facsimile transmitted copies of the phytosanitary certificate issued from the exporting country government.
208 Exemption from inspection when materials woods with a phytosanitary certificate issued from the exporting country government are imported
183 Concerning the import of Tientsin chestnuts, approval of the plant quarantine inspection being made after the cargoes were carried into the land warehouse.
160 Removal of the ban on import of Philippine papayas under the same conditions of sterilization of Hawaiian papayas or Philippine mangoes.
144 Expediting of the plant quarantine for cut flowers.
142 Improvement of the inspection method in the plant quarantine of nursery-tree of an ornamental plant (dracaena).
136 Relaxation of the obligation to submit the Phytosanitary Certificate for small packaged seed for retail use.
126 Abolition or modification of the plant quarantine certificate and the certificate based on the Washington Convention concerning a test tube orchid which is a souvenir of the tourists in Hawaii.
101 Revival of the fumigation method of the imported pineapples by sulfur in their disinfection, etc.
48 Acceptance of onboard (at sea) sterilization in importing the oranges from Swaziland and South Africa.
35 Acceptance of quarantine certificates from France for importing the young grapevine for wine from France.