NATIONAL PROFILE on Chemicals Management - UNITAR

Chapter 5Ministries and other government organisationsrelated to the management of chemical substancesMINISTRY, ORGANISATIONMANDATEMINISTRY OF HEALTH, LABOUR AND WELFARE (MHLW)● Office of Chemical Safety,Pharmaceutical and Food SafetyBureau- Matters related to control of poisonous and deleterious substances.- Matters related to regulations of production, import, use or other handling ofchemical substances which may damage human health from an environmentalhealth point of view.- Matters related to regulations of household products containing hazardoussubstances.- Matters related to the tolerable daily intake (TDI) of dioxins.● Chemical Substance InvestigationDivision, Industrial Safety andHealth Department● National Institute of Health Sciences(NIHS)- Matters related to an investigation of the toxicity of the chemical substancesstipulated in the Industrial Safety and Health Law.- Matters related to epidemiological investigations and other investigations todetermine the interrelationship between the chemical substances to whichworkers are exposed or between the operations in which workers are engagedand workers’ illnesses.- Matters related to guidelines to prevent health impairments to worker due tochemical substances.- Necessary review for the approval of production and import of pharmaceuticals,quasi-drugs, cosmetics and medical devices, as well as the re-examination and reevaluationof pharmaceuticals and medical devices.- Examination and testing of pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, etc. being required forapprovals by the National Assays, and necessary research for conducting thosetasks.- Examination and testing (excluding biological testing of disinfectants,insecticides and rodenticides) of pharmaceuticals (excluding biologicalpreparations and antibiotics, and their preparations), quasi-drugs, cosmetics,medical devices, foodstuffs, etc. for domestic consumption, and necessaryresearch for conducting those tasks.- Examination and testing of poisonous and deleterious substances as well asnecessary research for conducting those tasks.- Cultivation of medicinal plants, cultivation guidance as well as necessaryresearch for conducting those tasks.- Experimental production of pharmaceuticals, quasi-dugs and cosmetics, and theproduction of standard substances necessary for examination and testing.- Experiments, study and research regarding other items required for publichealth.MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (MAFF)● Environment Policy Division,Minister’s Secretariat● Plant Products Safety Division, FoodSafety and Consumer Affairs Bureau● Animal Health and Animal ProductsSafety Division, Food Safety andConsumer Affairs Bureau- Matters related to environmental policy planning within the mandate of theMinistry.- Matters related to the process of production of administraion regarding safetyassuarance of agricultural and foresty products as food (excluding mattersrelated to food sanitaton and matters related to safety assuarance ofagricultural chemicals under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment).- Matters related to prevention and removal of pollutant in the soil of agriculturalland- Matters related to the promotion, improvement and coordination of fertilizersand agricultural chemicals production, distribution and consumption.- Matters related to promotion, improvement and coordination of feeds, feedadditives and veterinary drugs, quasi-drugs and medical devices production,contribution and coordination.35