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ORLD TRADE

G/SPS/N/JPN/278
9 June 2011
ORGANIZATION

Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
Notifying Member: JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:
Agency responsible: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):
• Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, • Fish and crustaceans (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07) • Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07, 04.08 and • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.12, 07.13 and 07.14) • Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) • Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, • Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) • Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.10 and 12.12) • Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01 and 15.02) • Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder (HS Code: Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
All trading partners
Specific regions or countries:
Title of the notified document: Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods
and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of agricultural chemical
residue standards) Language(s): English Number of pages: 13
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/JPN/11_1819_00_e.pdf Description of content: Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for agricultural
chemicals pesticides: Acifluorfen, Dithianon, Lactofen, Pendimethalin, and Picolinafen
Veterinary drugs: Levamisole and Mebendazole Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection,
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other
damage from pests.
Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard
or related text)
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic
Animal Health Code, chapter number)
International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Food
Sanitation Law (Available in English). When adopted, these MRLs are to be published in
"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) (available in Japanese)
Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): As soon as possible after the final date for
comment period.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): As soon as possible after the final date for
comment period.
Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or
(dd/mm/yy): These proposed standards will basically take effect after a certain period of
grace.
Trade facilitating measure
Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 8 August 2011
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Texts available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Source: http://www.nutfruit.org/japan-revision-of-the-standards-and-specifications-for-foods-and-food-additives-under-the-food-sanitation-law-revision-of-agricultural-chemical-residue-standards-notification-to-the-world-trade-organization-wto-_48057.pdf