G/SPS/N/JPN/763  
 
1 July 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  JAPAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Compound feed (HS Code: 23.09), Rice straw, Rice whole crop 
silage, Unprocessed rice (HS Code: 23.08)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the 
Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue 
standard) . Language(s):  . Number of pages:   
6. Description of content:  Proposal for the amendments of the Extraneous Maximum 
Residue Limit maximum limits (EMRLs) for the pesticide: Heptachlor.  
Commodity(for feed)   Proposed MRL(mg/kg)   Current MRL(mg/kg)  
Compound feed for cattle,  0.02  0.02 
sheep,  goat or deer  
Compound feed for pig   0.02  0.02 
Compound feed for chicken or quail   0.02  0.02 
Rice straw   0.02  - 
Rice whole crop silage   0.02  - 
Unprocessed rice   0.02  - 
Residue definition for enforcement: Sum of heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify th e standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Maximum Residue Limits (EMRL) for Pesticides 
(CAC/MRL 1).  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/JPN/763  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  EMRLs of Heptachlor are calculated from surveillance and 
monitoring feed items data. The MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, F orestry and Fisheries of 
Japan) adopts the level of LOQ for analysis method of Heptachlor.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
These  amendments are to be publicised in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when 
adopt ed (available in Japanese).  
The current MRLs list for feed is available at the following website (available in English):  
http://www.famic.go.jp/ffis/feed/r_safety/r_f eeds_safety.html   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Rice straw, Rice whole crop silage and Unprocessed rice (The 
MRLs for compound feed are not changed).  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 August 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:   
Standards Information Service  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8919, Japan  
Tel: +(813) 5501 8344  
Fax: +(813) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Standards Information Service  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda -ku 
Tokyo 100 -8919, Japan  
Tel: +(813) 5501 8344  
Fax: +(813) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp