JPN/563
WTO/SPS
JP Japon
  • 02 - Viandes et abats comestibles
  • 03 - Poissons et crustacés, mollusques et autres invertébrés aquatiques
  • 04 - Lait et produits de la laiterie; oeufs d'oiseaux; miel naturel; produits comestibles d'origine animale, non dénommés ni compris ailleurs
  • 05 - Autres produits d'origine animale, non dénommés ni compris ailleurs
  • 07 - Légumes, plantes, racines et tubercules alimentaires
  • 08 - Fruits comestibles; écorces d'agrumes ou de melons
  • 09 - Café, thé, maté et épices
  • 10 - Céréales
  • 12 - Graines et fruits oléagineux; graines, semences et fruits divers; plantes industrielles ou médicinales; pailles et fourrages
  • 15 - Graisses et huiles animales ou végétales; produits de leur dissociation; graisses alimentaires élaborées; cires d'origine animale ou végétale
  • 18 - Cacao et ses préparations
2018-04-13
2018-02-13

-         Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09)

-         Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03 and 03.04)

-         Dairy produce and birds' eggs (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08)

-         Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04)

-         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, 07.13 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: 09.01, 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)

-         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, 12.10 and 12.12)

-         Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) Cacao and cacao preparations (HS Code: 18.01)

Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards).

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) intends to withdraw all the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following five agricultural chemicals due to lack of data. The five agricultural chemicals are not registered or approved in Japan, and/or do not have any Codex MRLs. Some countries set MRLs for some of these chemicals, but the MHLW could not confirm sufficient data for risk assessment and MRL setting. Those MRLs were provisionally set over ten years ago, and it is difficult to maintain those MRLs anymore unless sufficient data for risk assessment and MRL setting are provided. Therefore the MHLW has decided to delete all the MRLs for the five substances. Those substances have not been detected in any imported foods in Japan for the last five years according to monitoring data on agricultural chemicals residue conducted by the MHLW. Japan is of the view that the deletion of the MRLs is unlikely to have negative impact on the current international trade.

Pesticide: Fentin, Flucarbazone sodium, Hydramethylnon, Propazine. Veterinary drug: Oleandomycin.