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What we check here for each industry, and from when. Open an industry to see what we cover and what we don't. A law we hold but haven't checked shows as Not checked, with its quote. Anything we don't cover shows as Not covered. Neither is ever clear.

ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked

Home and kitchen goodsMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20252 areas read · 3 not read yet
Sources read
  • positive list for synthetic-resin utensils
  • containers and packaging (Food Sanitation Act)
Not read yet
  • general and material-specific specifications for utensils/containers (ceramics, glass, enamel, metal, rubber, paper, wood: CAA notification text not stored)
  • Household Goods Quality Labelling Act
  • Act on Control of Household Products Containing Harmful Substances
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 12 Jul 20242 areas read · 4 not read yet
Sources read
  • 化粧品基準 (MHLW notice 331 of 2000 as amended to 2024-07-12)
  • PMD Act labelling (Arts. 61 and 62) and cosmetics provisions from e-Gov
Not read yet
  • quasi-drug 医薬部外品 standards and approvals
  • 化粧品の表示に関する公正競争規約 (industry code)
  • MAH and manufacturer licensing duties
  • notice-level ingredient lists beyond 化粧品基準 annexes (e.g. 化粧品種別許可基準)
Packaged food and beveragesMain sourcesfrom 1 Apr 20264 areas read · 6 not read yet

Japanese food law as revised on 1 April 2026.

Sources read
  • 食品表示基準 (Cabinet Office Ordinance 2015 no. 10 as amended, e-Gov)
  • 食品衛生法 (Act no. 233 of 1947: Art. 6 and 12 additives, Art. 13 standards, Art. 27 import notification, Art. 19 labelling)
  • 食品衛生法施行規則
  • 食品、添加物等の規格基準 (MHLW notice 370 of 1959) where text is obtainable
Not read yet
  • notice 370 (食品、添加物等の規格基準) additive use standards (第2 添加物 F) and food contaminant/mycotoxin standards (第1 食品): no consolidated current text is published; CAA lists only amendment notices (to 令和8年8月28日 内閣府告示第104号) with old-new tables, and the last MHLW consolidated PDFs are dated 2017-11-30; JP additive-use and contaminant rule rows are not generated
  • 指定添加物 and 既存添加物 name lists maintained by MHLW pages
  • health foods (機能性表示食品, 特定保健用食品)
  • 食品表示基準 Q&A and guidelines
  • 景品表示法 claim rules
  • import-monitoring plan
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sourcesfrom 3 Sep 20263 areas read · 4 not read yet
Sources read
  • 電気用品安全法 PSE marking (diamond and circle) and 特定電気用品 list
  • 電波法 技適 mark for specified radio equipment
  • 資源有効利用促進法 J-Moss content marking (law text only)
Not read yet
  • J-Moss JIS C 0950 content-marking threshold detail (paid standard)
  • 省エネ法 トップランナー energy labelling
  • 特定無線設備の技術基準適合証明等に関する規則 (ordinance text not located)
  • PC recycling PC リサイクルマーク details
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sourcesfrom 1 Sep 20263 areas read · 4 not read yet
Sources read
  • 電気用品安全法 act, order and ordinance (リチウムイオン蓄電池 PSE), covered under consumer electronics
  • 資源有効利用促進法 act and order, 密閉形蓄電池の表示の標準となるべき事項を定める省令 and 自主回収 ordinance (labelling text only; mark figures not captured)
  • 道路交通法 and 施行規則 (電動アシスト自転車 = 駆動補助機付自転車, 特定小型原動機付自転車)
Not read yet
  • JIS C 8714 and other JIS texts (paid)
  • 消費生活用製品安全法 and recall rules for portable batteries
  • mark designs in ordinance figures (the attached figure files)
  • 電気用品安全法 sale ban (第二十七条), the 密閉形蓄電池 labelling 様式 figures, 資源有効利用促進法施行令 volume thresholds and municipal take-back detail beyond 第五条 are not covered

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