I hereby give My Sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Exemption of Staple Foods from Import Duties in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of the Food Control Law, and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-seventh day of the ninth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (September 27, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Agriculture and Forestry WADA Hiroo Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Imperial Ordinance No. 445 Of the commodities as mentioned in the Import Tariff annexed to the Customs Tariff Law, those mentioned in the Annexed Table to the present Imperial Ordinance shall, in so far as they are preserved in cans, bottles or pots, be exempted from import duties for importation not later than December 31, 1946. Supplementary Provision: The present Imperial Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. (Annexed Table) "Import Tariff Nos.", "Articles" "22", "Flours, meals or groats of grains, and starches: 2. Oatmeal" "3. Corn-meal" "5. Corn starch" "31","Vegetables, fruits and nuts" "32","Tea" "34","Coffee" "36","Coffee (not sugared)" "37","Pepper" "38","Curry" "39","Mustard" "40","Sugar" "41","Sugar-candy, lump-sugar, loaf sugar and and the like" "42","Molasses" "43","Grape-sugar, maltose and wheat-gluten" "44","Honey" "45","Confectioneries and cakes" "46","Jams, fruit jellies and the like" "47","Biscuits (not sugared)" "48","Macaroni, vermicelli and the like" "49","Fruit juices and "sugar and water"" "50","Sauce" "51","Vinegar" "52","Meats, poultry and game" "52-2","Fish, shellfish and mollusca" "53","Butter, artificial butter and ghee" "54","Cheese" "55","Condensed milk." "58","Peptone, somatose, hemoglobin and similar nutritious drinks" "59-2", "Poultry egg liquid and poultry egg powder" "60","Mineral waters, soda water, and similar beverages not containing sugar or alcohol" "67","Foods and drinks, not otherwise provided for" "108","Animal fats"