Required Report - public distribution

**Date:** 3/24/2006

**GAIN Report Number:** JA6015

JA6015

**Japan**

**Sanitary/Phytosanitary/Food Safety**

**Japan Accepting Comments on the Establishment of New MRLs for
Flonicamid in Food**

**2006**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Rachel Nelson

U.S. Embassy

**Prepared by:**

Rachel Nelson

**Report Highlights:**

Japan is accepting comments on proposed new maximum residue limits (MRL)
for Flonicamid (an insecticide). Comments are due March 30, 2006.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Tokyo \[JA1\]

\[JA\]

On March 16th the Japanese Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
announced its intention to establish new maximum residue limits for
Flonicamid, an insecticide. The proposed MRL are listed below.

Comments are being accepted by MHLW Standards and Evaluation Division
until Thursday, March 30, 2006.

**Send comments to:**

Standards and Evaluation Division, Department of Food Safety,

Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau,

###### Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

1-2-2, Chiyoda-ku, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, 100-8916

Tel. 03-5253-1111

Fax: 3501-4868

**List of Maximum Residue Limits for Flonicamid in Foods (draft**)

####### Commodity 

Potato ○ 0.3

Cattle, muscle ※ 0.05

Watercress ○ 4

Sheep, muscle ※ 0.05

Other cruciferous vegetables ○ 4

Horse, muscle ※ 0.05

Chicory ○ 4

Goat, muscle ※ 0.05

Endive ○ 4

Cattle, fat ※ 0.02

SHUNGIKU ○ 4

Sheep, fat ※ 0.02

Lettuce (Cos lettuce, Leaf lettuce) ○ 4

Horse, fat ※ 0.02

Other composite vegetables ○ 4

Goat, fat ※ 0.02

Parsley ○ 4

Cattle, liver ※ 0.08

Celery ○ 4

Sheep, liver ※ 0.08

Other umbelliferous vegetables ○ 4

Horse, liver ※ 0.08

Tomato ○ 0.4

Goat, liver ※ 0.08

Pimento (Sweet pepper) ○ 0.4

Cattle, kidney ※ 0.08

Eggplant ○ 3

Sheep, kidney ※ 0.08

Other solanaceous vegetables ○ 0.4

Horse, kidney ※ 0.08

Cucumber (including Gherkin) ○ 1

Goat, kidney ※ 0.08

Pumpkin (including Squash) ○ 0.4

Cattle, edible offal ※ 0.08

Oriental pickling melon (vegetable) ○ 0.4

Sheep, edible offal ※ 0.08

Water melon ○ 0.4

Horse, edible offal ※ 0.08

Melons ○ 2

Goat, edible offal ※ 0.08

MAKUWAURI ○ 0.4

Milk ※ 0.02

Other cucurbitaceous vegetables ○ 0.4

Chicken, muscle ※ 0.02

Spinach ○ 9

Other poultry, muscle ※ 0.02

Other vegetables ○ 4

Chicken, fat ※ 0.02

Apple ○ 1

Other poultry, fat ※ 0.02

Japanese pear ○ 0.5

Chicken, liver ※ 0.02

Pear ○ 0.5

Other poultry, liver ※ 0.02

Quince ○ 0.2

Chicken, kidney ※ 0.02

Loquat ○ 0.2

Other poultry, kidney ※ 0.02

Peach ○ 0.7

Chicken, edible offal ※ 0.02

Nectarine ○ 0.6

Other poultry, edible offal ※ 0.02

Apricot ○ 0.6

Chicken, eggs ※ 0.03

Japanese plum (including Prunes) ○ 0.6

Other poultry, eggs ※ 0.03

Mume plum ○ 2

Tomato puree ○ 0.5

Cherry ○ 0.6

Tomato paste ○ 2

Strawberry ○ 2

Other fruits ○ 0.4

Cotton seeds ○ 0.5

Tea (Green, Black, Oolong, Wulung tea) ○ 40

MRLs in commodities indicated with the mark (○)= sum of the residues of
flonicamid, N-(4-

trifluoromethylnicotinyl)glｙcine and 4-trifluoromethyl nicotinic acid

MRLs in commodities indicated with the mark(※)= sum of the residues of
flonicamid, 4-trifluoromethyl nicotinic acid and
4-trifluoromethylnicotine amid

####### Remarks

1\. "Other cruciferous vegetables" refers to all cruciferous vegetables
except Japanese

radish roots and leaves (including radish), turnip roots and leaves,
horseradish,

watercress, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, brussels sprouts, kale, komatsuna
(Japanese

mustard spinach), kyona, quing-geng-cai, cauliflower, broccoli and
herbs.

2\. "Other composite vegetables" refers to all composite vegetables
except burdock, salsify,

artichoke, chicory, endive, shungiku, lettuce (including cos lettuce and
leaf lettuce) and

herbs.

3\. "Other umbelliferous vegetables" refers to all umbelliferous
vegetables except carrot,

parsnip, parsley, celery, mitsuba, spices and herbs.

4\. "Other solanaceous vegetables" refers to all solanaceous vegetables
except tomato,

pimento (sweet pepper) and egg plant.

5\. "Other cucurbitaceous vegetables" refers to all cucurbitaceous
vegetables except

cucumber (including gherkin), pumpkin (including squash), oriental
pickling melon

(vegetable), water melon, melons and makuwauri melon.

6\. "Other vegetables" refer to all vegetables except potatoes, sugar
beet, sugarcane,

cruciferous vegetables, composite vegetables, liliaceous vegetables,
umbelliferous

vegetables, cucurbitaceous vegetables, spinach, bamboo shoots, okra,
ginger, peas

(with pods, immature), kidney beans (with pods, immature), green
soybeans,

mushrooms, spices and herbs.

7\. "Other fruits" refers to all fruits except citrus fruits, apple,
Japanese pear, pear, quince,

loquat, peach, nectarine, apricot, Japanese plum (including prune), mume
plum, cherry,

berries, grape, Japanese persimmon, banana, kiwifruit, papaya, avocado,
pineapple,

guava, mango, passion fruit, date and spices.

8\. "Other poultry" refers to all other poultry except chicken.