Diquat
MRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Rice (brown rice) ● 0.03 1
Wheat ● 0.1 2
Barley 5 5
Rye ○ 2 0.03
Corn (maize, including pop corn and sweet corn) ● 0.02 0.05
Buckwheat ● 0.03
Other cereal grains12 2
Soybeans, dry ○ 0.4 0.2
Beans, dry2○ 0.9 0.2
Peas ○ 0.9 0.2
Broad beans ○ 0.9 0.2
Peanuts, dry ● 0.01 5
Other pulses3○ 0.9 0.2
Potato ○ 0.1 0.05
Taro ● 0.01 0.05
Sweet potato ● 0.01 0.05
Japanese yam (including Chinese yam) ● 0.01 0.05
Konjac ● 0.01 0.05
Other potatoes4● 0.01 0.05
Sugar beet ● 0.01 0.05
Sugarcane ● 0.02 0.04
Japanese radish, roots (including radish) ● 0.01 0.05
Japanese radish, leaves (including radish) ● 0.02 0.05
Turnip, roots (including rutabaga) ● 0.01 0.05
Turnip, leaves (including rutabaga) ● 0.01 0.05
Horseradish ● 0.01 0.05
Watercress ● 0.01 0.05
Chinese cabbage ● 0.02 0.05
Cabbage ● 0.01 0.05
Brussels sprouts ● 0.01 0.05
Kale ● 0.01 0.05
Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) ● 0.01 0.05
Kyona ● 0.01 0.05
Qing-geng-cai ● 0.01 0.05
Cauliflower ● 0.01 0.05
Broccoli ● 0.02 0.05
Other cruciferous vegetables5● 0.01 0.05
Burdock ● 0.01 0.05
Salsify ● 0.01 0.05MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Artichoke ● 0.01 0.05
Chicory ● 0.01 0.05
Endive ● 0.01 0.05
Shungiku ● 0.01 0.05
Lettuce (including cos lettuce and leaf lettuce) ● 0.02 0.05
Other composite vegetables6● 0.02 0.05
Onion ● 0.02 0.05
Welsh (including leek) ● 0.02 0.05
Garlic ● 0.02 0.05
Nira ● 0.01 0.05
Asparagus ● 0.02 0.05
Multiplying onion (including shallot) ● 0.01 0.05
Other liliaceous vegetables7● 0.01 0.05
Carrot ● 0.02 0.05
Parsnip ● 0.01 0.05
Parsley ● 0.02 0.05
Celery ● 0.01 0.05
Mitsuba ● 0.01 0.05
Other umbelliferous vegetables8● 0.02 0.05
Tomato ● 0.01 0.05
Pimiento (sweet pepper) ● 0.01 0.05
Egg plant ● 0.01 0.05
Other solanaceous vegetables9● 0.01 0.05
Cucumber (including gherkin) ● 0.02 0.05
Pumpkin (including squash) ● 0.01 0.05
Oriental pickling melon (vegetable) ● 0.01 0.05
Water melon ● 0.02 0.05
Melons ● 0.02 0.05
Makuwauri melon 0.05
Makuwauri melon (whole commodity after removal of stems) 0.01
Other cucurbitaceous vegetables10● 0.01 0.05
Spinach ● 0.01 0.05
Bamboo shoots ● 0.02 0.05
Okra ● 0.01 0.05
Ginger ● 0.02 0.05
Peas, immature (with pods) ● 0.01 0.05
Kidney beans, immature (with pods) ● 0.01 0.05
Green soybeans ● 0.02 0.05
Button mushroom ● 0.05
Shiitake mushroom ● 0.05
Other mushrooms11● 0.05MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other vegetables12● 0.02 0.2
Unshu orange, pulp 0.03
Unshu orange (whole commodity) 0.02
Citrus natsudaidai, whole ● 0.02 0.03
Lemon ● 0.02 0.04
Orange (including navel orange) ● 0.02 0.03
Grapefruit ● 0.02 0.04
Lime ● 0.02 0.03
Other citrus fruits13● 0.02 0.03
Apple ● 0.02 0.03
Japanese pear ● 0.02 0.03
Pear ● 0.02 0.03
Quince ● 0.02 0.03
Loquat 0.03
Loquat (whole commodity after removal of stems) 0.02
Peach 0.03
Peach (whole commodity after removal of stems and stones but
the residue calculated and expressed on the whole commodity
without stems) 0.02
Nectarine ● 0.02 0.03
Apricot ● 0.02 0.03
Japanese plum (including prune) ● 0.02 0.03
Mume plum ● 0.02 0.03
Cherry ● 0.02 0.03
Strawberry ○ 0.05 0.03
Raspberry ● 0.01 0.03
Blackberry ● 0.01 0.03
Blueberry ● 0.01 0.03
Cranberry ● 0.01 0.03
Huckleberry ● 0.01 0.03
Other berries14● 0.01 0.03
Grape ● 0.01 0.03
Japanese persimmon ● 0.02 0.03
Banana ● 0.02 0.03
Kiwifruit 0.03
Kiwifruit (whole commodity) 0.01
Papaya ● 0.01 0.03
Avocado ● 0.01 0.03
Pineapple ● 0.01 0.05
Guava ● 0.01 0.03
Mango ● 0.01 0.03
Passion fruit ● 0.01 0.03
Date ● 0.01 0.03MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other fruits15● 0.02 0.05
Sunflower seeds ● 0.9 1
Sesame seeds ● 0.03
Safflower seeds ● 0.03
Cotton seeds ● 0.03
Rape seeds 2 2
Other oil seeds16● 0.03
Ginkgo nut ● 0.01 0.03
Chestnut ● 0.01 0.03
Pecan ● 0.01 0.03
Almond ● 0.01 0.03
Walnut ● 0.01 0.03
Other nuts17● 0.02 0.03
Tea ● 0.1 0.3
Coffee beans ● 0.02 0.05
Hop ● 0.04
Other spices18● 0.01 0.2
Other herbs19● 0.02 0.2
Cattle, muscle ● 0.01 0.05
Pig, muscle ● 0.01 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals20, muscle ● 0.01 0.05
Cattle, fat ● 0.01 0.02
Pig, fat ● 0.01 0.02
Other terrestrial mammals, fat ● 0.01 0.02
Cattle, liver ● 0.01 0.05
Pig, liver ● 0.01 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, liver ● 0.01 0.05
Cattle, kidney ● 0.01 0.05
Pig, kidney ● 0.01 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, kidney ● 0.01 0.05
Cattle, edible offal21● 0.01 0.05
Pig, edible offal ● 0.01 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, edible offal ● 0.01 0.05
Milk ● 0.001 0.01
Chicken, muscle ● 0.01 0.05
Other poultry22, muscle ● 0.01 0.05
Chicken, fat ● 0.01 0.02
Other poultry, fat ● 0.01 0.02
Chicken, liver ● 0.01 0.05
Other poultry, liver ● 0.01 0.05
Chicken, kidney ● 0.01 0.05MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other poultry, kidney ● 0.01 0.05
Chicken, edible offal ● 0.01 0.05
Other poultry, edible offal ● 0.01 0.05
Chicken eggs ● 0.01 0.05
Other poultry, eggs ● 0.01 0.05
Salmoniformes (such as salmon and trout) ● 0.1
Anguilliformes (such as eel) ● 0.1
Perciformes (such as bonito, horse mackerel, mackerel, sea bass,
sea bream and tuna) ● 0.1
Other fish 23● 0.1
Shelled molluscs ● 0.1
Milled rice 0.2
Wheat flour (limited to whole grain) 2
Wheat flour (except whole grain) 0.5
Wheat bran 5
Vegetable oil (except refined vegetable oil) 0.05MRL
* Diagonal line means deletion of a food category to which an MRL applies.
* Food categories "Makuwauri melon", ”Unshu orange, pulp", "Loquat", "Peach" and "Kiwifruit" will be
abolished and integrated into "Makuwauri melons (whole commodity after removal of stems)", "Unshu
orange (whole commodity)", "Loquat (whole commodity after removal of stems)", "Peach (whole commodity
after removal of stems and stones but the residue calculated and expressed on the whole commodity
without stems)" and "Kiwifruit (whole commodity)", respectively, followed by the current food category
system for MRLs for agricultural and veterinary chemicals in Japan.
1. “Other cereal grains” refers to all cereal grains, except rice (brown rice), wheat, barley, rye,
    corn (maize) and buckwheat.
2. “Beans, dry” includes butter beans, cowbeans (red beans),  kidney beans, lentil, lima beans, pegia,
    sultani, sultapya and white beans.(draft)
ppm
　●： Commodities for which MRLs are to be lowered or deleted.
　○： Commodities for which MRLs are to be increased or newly set.
NOTE:　The residue definition will be changed to diquat ion only. The current residue difinition is diquat
dibromide only.
* The uniform limit 0.01 ppm will be applied to commodities for which draft MRLs are not given in this table
and to commodities not listed above.
* Shaded figures indicate provisional MRLs.
3. “Other pulses” refers to all legumes/pulses, except soybeans (dry), beans (dry), peas, broad
    beans, peanuts (dry) and spices.
4. “Other potatoes” refers to all potatoes, except potato, taro, sweet potato, yam and konjac.
5. “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, qing-geng-cai, cauliflower, broccoli and herbs.6. “Other composite vegetables” refers to all composite vegetables, except burdock, salsify,
    artichoke, chicory, endive, shungiku, lettuce (including cos lettuce and leaf lettuce) and herbs.
7. “Other liliaceous vegetables” refers to all liliaceous vegetables, except onion, welsh (including
    leek), garlic, nira, asparagus, multiplying onion and herbs.
8. “Other umbelliferous vegetables” refers to all umbelliferous vegetables, except carrot, parsnip,
    parsley, celery, mitsuba, spices and herbs.
12. “Other vegetables” refers to all vegetables, except potatoes, sugar beet, sugarcane,
    cruciferous vegetables, composite vegetables, liliaceous vegetables, umbelliferous
    vegetables, solanaceous vegetables, cucurbitaceous vegetables, spinach, bamboo shoots,
    okra, ginger, peas (with pods, immature), kidney beans (with pods, immature), green
    soybeans, mushrooms, spices and herbs.
13. “Other citrus fruits” refers to all citrus fruits, except unshu orange, citrus natsudaidai, lemon,
    orange (including navel orange), grapefruit, lime and spices.
14. “Other berries” refers to all berries, except strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry,
    cranberry and huckleberry.9. “Other solanaceous vegetables” refers to all solanaceous vegetables, except tomato, pimiento
    (sweet pepper) and egg plant.
10. “Other cucurbitaceous vegetables” refers to all cucurbitaceous vegetables, except cucumber
    (including gherkin), pumpkin (including squash), oriental pickling melon (vegetable),
    watermelon, melons and makuwauri melon.
11. “Other mushrooms” refers to all mushrooms, except button mushroom and shiitake
    mushroom.
18. “Other spices” refers to all spices, except horseradish, wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
    rhizomes, garlic, peppers chili, paprika, ginger, lemon peels, orange peels (including navel
    orange), yuzu (Chinese citron) peels and sesame seeds.
19. “Other herbs” refers to all herbs, except watercress, nira, parsley stems and leaves, celery
    stems and leaves.
20. “Other terrestrial mammals” refers to all terrestrial mammals, except cattle and pig.15. “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.
16. “Other oil seeds” refers to all oil seeds, except sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, safflower
    seeds, cotton seeds, rapeseeds and spices.
17. “Other nuts” refers to all nuts, except ginkgo nut, chestnut, pecan, almond and walnut.
21. “Edible offal” refers to all edible parts, except muscle, fat, liver and kidney.
22. “Other poultry” refers to all poultry, except chicken.
23.“Other fish” refers to all fish, except Salmoniformes, Anguilliformes and Perciformes.