Japan: Japan Considering Relaxing Feed Ingredient Mixing Requirements

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On December 22, 2016, Japan’s Cabinet approved a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) proposal to permit soybean meal, coconut oil meal, rapeseed meal, cottonseed oil meal, soybean hull, soy pulp (okara) and alfalfa meal to be mixed with duty-free feed corn for the production of mixed feed. Additionally, in an effort to facilitate the use of domestically produced feed corn, restrictions on mixing domestically produced ingredients with imported duty-free feed ingredients may be relaxed. The revision is pending approval and signature from the Minister of Finance, and is expected to become effective in the next Japanese fiscal year, which begins April 1, 2017. Up to 1,200 metric tons (MT) of animal protein utilized in 2016 may be replaced with vegetable protein if this proposal becomes effective.

Japan: Japan Considering Relaxing Feed Ingredient Mixing Requirements

 

 

Exporting, Regulations & Requirements, New Technologies
East Asia and the Pacific, Japan
Oilseeds, Soybeans, Oilseeds (excl. soybean)

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