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18-2. Stockpiles for Disaster Food 1 Items and Evaluation Criteria
Canned food Quick cooking rice
Non-perishable bread
for an
emergency Pilot bread
Evaluation Criteria 1
Expiration date is over five years. 2
Name, ingredients, content amount, expiration date, recommended method of storage, and name of manufacturer
are listed on the product and the external package.
Factors for Consideration A system exists for minimizing waste production through
collection and recycling.
Retort processed food, etc.
Evaluation Criteria 1
Fulfills one of the following. a.
Expiration date is over five years. b.
Expiration date is over three years later, and a system is in place for the collection and recycling
of the container, accessory material and heat generating material.
2 Name, ingredients, content amount, expiration date,
recommended method of storage, and name of manufacturer are listed on the product and the external package.
Factors for Consideration A system exists for minimizing waste production through
collection and recycling.
Health foods Nutrition foods
Freeze-dried foods Evaluation Criteria
1 Expiration date is over three years.
2 Name, ingredients, content amount, expiration date,
recommended method of storage, and name of manufacturer are listed on the product and the external package.
Factors for Consideration A system exists for minimizing waste production through
collection and recycling.
Note: 1.
Canned food, Quick cooking rice, Non-perishable bread for an emergency, Pilot bread, and Retort processed food, etc., Health foodsNutrition foods and
Freeze-dried foods under consideration in this section is limited to those procured for the purpose of stockpiles for disaster.
2.
Retort processed food, etc. refers to products that have been processed for long term
preservation at room temperature by packing food in air-tight containers and sealing with heat melting method.
3. Health foods Nutrition foods refer to foods of usual food form and strengthened
nutritional contents such as the vitamins and minerals.
4.
Regarding Evaluation Criteria 1 for Canned food: During the period until the
product that fills the evaluation criteria is supplied enough to the market, the product which expiration date is three years or more is considered as designated procurement
178 item. The period of time for which the exception is applicable will be determined in
consideration with market movement. 5.
Evaluation Criteria 1 concerning expiration date for Quick cooking rice and Pilot bread will be reconsidered taking into consideration future market movements.
6. Evaluation Criteria 2 concerning ingredients does not apply for the external
package. 7.
When using products purchased by a procurement organization for its business use for disaster, they will be excluded from consideration as stockpiles for disaster.
8. In procuring stockpiles for disaster, each procurement organization will design a
system for storage and purchase of products based on their expiration date to enable adequate maintenance and regular renewal of storage and purchase quantities.
9. In order to lengthen the storage time of products, each procurement organization will
consider a contract method that, for example, allows a set amount of time until delivery date, so that the supplier may prepare products that are as new as possible.
2 Target Setting Guideline Ratio of the number of products meeting the criteria to the total number of products
purchased in the fiscal year.
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18-3. Stockpiles for Disaster Household items and materials, etc. 1Items and Evaluation Criteria
Blankets
Evaluation Criteria Products whose fiber content natural and chemical includes
polyester fiber must fulfill one of the following.
1 Polyester from recycled PET resins accounts for no less than 25 by weight of all fibers. If polyester fibers are used less
than 50 by weight of all fibers, accounts for no less than 10 by weight of all fibers, and no less than 50 by weight
of polyester fibers.
2 Polyester from recycled PET resins accounts for no less than 10 by weight of all fibers, and a system for collecting, reuse
and recycling materials after product use is established.
Factors for Consideration 1 A system for collecting, reuse and recycling materials after
product use is established. 2 Fibers other than polyester from recycled PET resin should use
unused fiber or reconstructed fiber as much as possible. 3 Packaging and stowage is to be as simple as possible and take
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product use is established. 2Packaging and stowage is to be as simple as possible and take
into account ease of recycling and reduced environmental impact upon disposal.
Tarps Evaluation criteria
At least 50 by weight of fiber natural and chemical used in polyethylene fiber products shall be recycled polyethylene fibers.
Factors for consideration Packaging and stowage is to be as simple as possible and take into
account ease of recycling and reduced environmental impact upon disposal.
Note: 1. PET resins denote material that use recycled PET bottles and fiber products, etc.
2. Weight of all fibers denotes the weight of all product excluding accessories such as
