JPN/1171
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  • 10 - Cereals
  • 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
  • 23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
2023-03-11
2023-01-11

Oats (HS code: 10.04), barley (HS code: 10.03), wheat (HS code: 10.01), maize (HS code: 10.05), milo (HS code: 10.07), rye (HS code: 10.02), hay (HS codes: 12.13, 12.14), soybean (HS code: 12.01) and soybean meal (HS code: 23.04) for feed

Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard). Language(s): English. Number of pages:

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

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

Oats                                                       30                                           20

Barley                                                    30                                           20

Wheat                                                    30                                            5

Maize                                                      5                                             1

Milo                                                        30                                           20

Rye                                                        30                                           0.2

Hay                                                       500                                         120

Soybean                                                 20                                             -

Soybean meal                                         9                                              -

Note:

-         The current MRLs applies to the residue of glyphosate only.

-         Residue definition of the proposed MRLs for enforcement:

o    For maize, soybean and soybean meal: Sum of glyphosate and N‑acetylglyphosate, expressed as glyphosate;

o    For other crops: Glyphosate.

-         Hay includes hay and fodder (dry), straw, forage (green) and silage. The MRL is set as 90% dry matter base.