JPN/1118
WTO/SPS
JP Japan
  • 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
2022-12-16
2022-10-17

Hay (HS codes: 12.13, 12.14) for feed

Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard).

Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Pendimethalin.

Commodity (for feed)          Proposed MRL(mg/kg)          Current MRL(mg/kg)

Hay (only Alfalfa)                              150                                      15

Hay (except Alfalfa)                         2000                                     15

Residue definition for enforcement: Pendimethalin. Hay includes hay and fodder (dry), straw, forage (green) and silage. The MRL is set as 90% dry matter base.