Forest products and JAS (Japanese Standard) system

l Summary of the JAS system

1.1 What is JAS?

JAS: Japanese Agriculture and Forestry Standards

1.2 Two pillars of the JAS system

The JAS system consists of the JAS standard system and the quality representation benchmark system.

The purpose of the JAS standard system is to develop and popularize the standards for agricultural and forestry materials for the purpose of quality improvement, rationalization of production, fairness of sales, use or consumption. Quality indicates the benchmark system: a correct representation of the quality of agricultural and forestry materials that contributes to the consumer's choice of consumption. This system does not apply to forest products.

1.3 Applicable objects of the JAS method

The JAS method applies to the product:

(1) Food and beverages and fats

(2) Agricultural products, forest products, livestock products, aquatic products, and processed products thereof, among them, Wood Products

log

Sawn timber

Plywood

Glulam

Wooden floor

Laminated timber

Oriented strand board

There are currently 292 JAS standards for 81 agricultural and forestry products (19 of which are forest products).

1.4 Formulation and correction of JAS law

Formulated by the JAS Act in 1950

The creation of the “JS factory's Minister's accreditation registration system” in 1970

1999 with the law correction

·The JAS factory has been certified by the Minister to be recognized as a certification body.

·Introduction of JAS product autonomous evaluation system at JAS factory

· Domestic and foreign companies and for-profit legal entities can declare themselves as assessment agencies and certification bodies.

· JAS standards are revised periodically within 5 years

Corrected with the law in 2002

·Discuss the quality of the system and does not obey the correction instructions to promptly disclose to consumers

· Strengthen penalties for those who violate the correction order

2 Structure of JAS standard system

2.1 What is the JAS logo:

JAS mark: A mark that can be used for the representation of a product whose quality is higher than the standard set by the JAS standard.

2.2 Two ways to use the JAS logo

(1) It is determined that the factory implements self-assessment and pays the product JAS mark.

(2) The assessment agency shall implement the assessment of the products for inspection and pay the product JAS mark.

JAS standard system structure

3 Assessment of JAS products by the rating agency (first assessment)

3.1 JAS identifies products from factories outside the factory

The assessment agency shall, in accordance with the regulations, conduct assessment procedures including product performance inspection.

Even if the JAS-certified factory, products other than the approved product are required to submit a certification assessment report to the rating agency.

3.2 Assessment procedure

(1) Application and acceptance of assessment

Applicant submits application (Japanese)

(2) Sample extraction

The inspector goes to the inspection product site and determines the inspection product and samples according to the inspection method assessed by JAS.

The product to be inspected refers to a product that can be confirmed to be manufactured under the same manufacturing conditions using the same raw material.

(3) Inspection of samples (physical and chemical tests)

The physicochemical test specified in the JAS standard is carried out on the sample at the inspection site to determine whether it is acceptable or not.

(4) Inspection of samples (appearance inspection, etc.)

For the inspection products that have passed the physicochemical inspection, the inspection shall be carried out according to the specified inspection methods. Visual inspection

(5) Determination of pass or fail

According to the inspection method and JAS standards, the qualification of the products to be inspected is judged.

(6) Assessment representation

The inspector went to the scene again and made a JAS representation of the qualified inspection products according to the “representation method and method of assessment”.

4 Certification body's JAS factory certification

4.1 Identification application

An enterprise that wants to use the JAS logo in its sales, as long as the product is the subject of the JAS standard, can apply to the certification body for certification. The certification body conducts a review of the applicant's eligibility according to the “technical benchmarks identified”.

4.2 Certified technical benchmark

The technical standards recognized by JAS regulate the manufacturing facilities, quality management methods, and qualifications of the person in charge of each product, the JAS evaluation method, and the qualifications of the person in charge.

Main review content:

(1) Facilities owned by manufacturing or processing, storage, quality management and JAS product evaluation

(2) Implementation method of quality management

(3) Qualifications and number of persons responsible for quality management

(4) Organization and implementation method of JA3 product evaluation

(5) Qualification and number of persons in charge of JAS product evaluation

5 JAS factory's self-assessment from 5 products

JAS recognizes that the factory conducts independent assessment of the products of the approved products according to the prescribed inspection methods. Determine whether the product meets the JA5 standard and express the JA5 mark on the compliance.

6 Quality assurance confirmation system

6.1 JA5 recognizes the regular inspection of the factory.

The certification body conducts regular inspections on the manufacturing, inspection, and evaluation of JAS products in accordance with the JAS certification factory.

6.2 Investigation of commercially available JA5 products

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center conduct regular surveys on the quality and representation of JA5 products on the market.

7 JAS certification body for forest products

7.1 Certification bodies and assessment agencies

(1) Japan

. Japan Plywood Inspection Association (JPIC)

Glulam, LVL, OSB, longitudinal wall, framed construction, plywood, wooden floor

·Corporate legal person National Timber Combinet Association sawn timber etc.

・Corporate corporation Hokkaido forest product inspection meeting sawing materials etc. (Log evaluation agency)

(2) Foreign countries in Japan (foreign inspection agencies)

·Canadian Forest Industry Council (1987)

Plywood, sawn timber, laminated timber, LVL, longitudinal wall for frame wall construction

·American Society of Building Blocks (APA, 1989)

Plywood, laminated timber, wood flooring, LVL, longitudinal wall for framework construction, 0SB Western Wood Products Association (WWPA, 1993) sawing materials etc.

·TEC0 (USA, 1993) plywood, laminated timber, LVL, 0SB

·Norwegian Institute of Wood Engineering (1996) Longitudinal materials and laminated timber for sawn timber and frame wall construction

. PSI (USA, 1996) plywood, 0SB

·American Wood Structure Association (1996) plywood, 0SB

· MAL (Indonesia, 1996) plywood

·VTTBT (Finland, 1997) Plywood, laminated timber, wood flooring, sawn timber etc., LVL, longitudinal wall for frame wall construction

7.2 JAS certified plant (Number of JAS certified Plant) country JAS certified factory number

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Country JAS certified factory number of country plywood wood flooring Glulam OSL total --------------------------------- -----------------------------------
Japan 159 67 240 12 - 487
Indonesia 6 1 0 0 0 7
Malaysia 17 0 1 3 0 21
China 3 0 5 1 0 9
Taiwan 0 1 1 0 0 2
Subtotal in Japan 29 3 24 7 5 68
Total 188 70 264 19 5 546
(Note: The Japanese plywood inspection and approval section was held on June 10, 2003. On December 26 of the same year, it reached the 647 factory.) 

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