From Application to Approval of Type 1 Use
●Related ministries and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) jointly manages Type 1 Use cases, depending on the LMOs’ purpose and use. MOE is in charge of Type 1 Use in all fields because MOE need to decide whether the uses in open system affect biological diversity or not.
The following examples illustrate which ministries are in charge of Type 2 Uses:
●Improvements to crops in equipment, development of live vaccines for animals, etc. :
…………………………………Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
●Viruses for gene therapy, etc. :
………………………………………………Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare
●Uses in the experiments of gene recombination in University, etc. :
……………Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
●Uses in the process of production of industrial enzymes, etc. :
…………………………………………Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
●Yeast used in the production of alcoholic beverages, etc. :
……………………………………………………………………National Tax Agency