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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/128 
27 August 2004 
 (04-3583) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Feed, Astaxanthin and Canthaxanthin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Amendments to the 
Government Ordinance for the Enforcement of  the Law Concerning the Safety Assurance 
and Quality Improvement of Feed and the Enfo rcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed 
and Feed Additives (available in English, 2 pages). 
6. Description of content:   
1. The following 16 species of cultured a quatic animals will be added to designated 
animals regulated by the Law Concerni ng the Safety Assurance and Quality 
Improvement of Feed:  Seriola dumerili, Paralichthys o livaceus, Takifugu rubripes, 
Pseudocaranx dentex, Trachurus japonicu s, Seriola lalandi, Lateolabrax sp. (sea 
perch distributed in coastal area of the South China Sea and the East China Sea) , 
Lateolabrax japonicus, Rachycentron c anadum, Thunnus thynnus, Marsupenaeus 
japonicus, Oncorhynchus masou masou,  Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae, and 
Salvelinus sp. (Salvelinus leucomaenis leuc omaenis, Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius 
and Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus) . 
2. The Enforcement Ordinance of the Sta ndards of feed and feed additives will be 
amended as follows:  
 (a) Astaxanthin can be used as feed add itives for designated fishes.  The upper limits 
are 100 ppm for finfish and 200 ppm for crustaceans ( Marsupenaeus japonicus ).  
 (b) Canthaxanthin can be used as feed additives for designated salmon trouts 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus masou masou, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae, Salv elinus leucomaenis leucomaenis, 
Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius and Sa lvelinus leucomaenis japonicus) and 
crustaceans.  The upper limit is 80 ppm for salmon trouts and crustaceans.  In 
addition, the limit for chicken feed is lowered from 80 ppm to 8 ppm in order to 
ensure compliance with the maximum residue limit (MRL) for food. G/SPS/N/JPN/128 
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 7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  These amendments 
will appear in "KANPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Late in October 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 February 2005 
12. Final date for comments:  10 October 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: