Risk of Violating Legal Regulations, Including Food Labeling and Sanitation Laws
First written in FY2017. 2 of 5 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2017: 2 of 14 companies on the "Worse" side.
17 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「The group has established the Group Corporate Action Charter and Compliance Regulations and put in place a framework for sharing its basic approach to compliance.」
The company continued to manage compliance with multiple legal and regulatory requirements, including food safety and labelling, antitrust and the Act on Proper Transactions of Specified Buyers, through its corporate action charter, regulations, training, manuals, employee education and training, and internal whistleblowing system. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Each operating company works to detect and prevent this risk at an early stage by preparing manuals, providing education and training to employees, and effectively establishing and operating an internal whistleblowing system.」
As measures to address the risk of regulatory violations, the company specifically described regulatory training, manual development, employee education and training, and operation of an internal whistleblowing system. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「At present, no amendments to laws or regulations that would have a material impact on sales activities have been announced, and no event has occurred that would raise concerns that the company’s business activities may violate laws or regulations in the future.」
While recognising that a certain level of risk of regulatory violations exists, the company stated that no event had occurred during the year that raised concerns about a violation of laws or regulations. - FY2020-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「The company worked to ensure thorough compliance in order to comply with all applicable laws and regulations.」
The company described its efforts to comply with laws and regulations and ensure thorough compliance, addressing the risk of regulatory violations. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「The group is subject to various legal and regulatory requirements, including the Companies Act, Food Labelling Act, Food Sanitation Act, Act on Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS Act), Antimonopoly Act, Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Unfair Competition Prevention Act and Act on the Improvement of the Retail Business in Large-Scale Retail Stores. It promotes compliance with laws and regulations related to its business activities and maintains a comprehensive internal framework. However, failure to comply with these requirements could affect the group’s operating results.」
The company identified the risk that non-compliance with multiple legal and regulatory requirements could affect its operating results.