Appendix

Table 2: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Proposed
Labeling Rules for Foods that Contain Genetically Modified Organisms

Items affected by the labeling rules:

1. Tofu (fresh bean curd) and aburage (fried bean curd)
2. Frozen tofu, okara (bean curd lees) and yuba (dried bean curd sheets)
3. Natto (fermented soybeans)
4. Soybean milk
5. Miso (Fermented soybean paste)
6. Boiled soybeans
7. Canned and bottled soybeans
8. Soybean flour
9. Roasted soybeans
10. Foods with No. 1 through No. 9 as a major ingredient
11. Foods with soybeans for cooking as a major ingredient
12. Foods with soybean flour as a major ingredient
13. Foods with soy protein as a major ingredient
14. Foods with edamame (green soybeans in the shell) as a major ingredient
15. Foods with soybean sprouts as a major ingredient
16. .Corn for snacks and crackers
17. Corn starch
18. Popcorn
19. Frozen corn
20. Canned and bottled corn
21. Foods with corn flour as a major ingredient
22. Foods with corn grits as a major ingredient (except corn flakes)
23. Foods with corn for cooking as a major ingredient
24. Foods with No. 16 through No. 20 as a major ingredient

Items exempted from the labeling rules:

1. Soybean oil
2. Soy sauce
3. Corn oil
4. Corn flakes
5. Glucose syrup
6. High-fructose corn syrup
7. Alcoholic beverages made from corn starch
8. Dextrin
9. Rapeseed oil
10. Cotton seed oil
11. Mashed potatoes
12. Potato starch
13. Potato flakes
14. Frozen, canned or retort-packed potato products

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Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare