Japan: food businesses with traceability systems by industry

According to a survey conducted among food businesses in Japan in 2022, nearly half of food manufacturers reported saving all records of receipts for incoming materials, purchased goods and ingredients, as well as shipments of their products. In contrast, a majority of food service industry businesses, including takeout and delivery services, approximately 56 percent, stated that no records of receipts and shipments were being saved, while less than 28 percent indicated saving all records.

Share of food businesses keeping records of receipts and shipments in Japan as of November 2022, by industry

Characteristic	All records are saved	Only some records are saved	No records are saved
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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

October to November 2022

Number of respondents

2,743 businesses

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question:“Does your company maintain 'internal traceability', which refers to preserving records of receipts and shipments of goods?"

Sample size by industry:
Food manufacturing: n=261
Food wholesale: n=275
Food retail: n=1,060
Food service: n=1,147

The records of receipts include records such as the “receipt date,” “recipient,” “item name,” and “quantity” of incoming raw materials or purchased goods and ingredients. The records of shipments include records such as the “shipment date,” “destination,” “item name,” and “quantity” of products.

The methods of preservation include entry into “ledgers” or other accounting books, electronic data on computers, as well as documents provided by suppliers or recipients such as “delivery slips” and “invoices,” and documents issued by transportation companies such as “shipping notes.”

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