G/SPS/N/JPN/732  
 
31 March 2020  
(20-2542) Page: 1/2 
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):  Feeds and feed additives  
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:  Amendment of the ministerial ordinance on the 
specifications and standards of feeds and feed additives, the Maximum Levels for 
contaminants in feed commodities and issue of the public notification of the horse only 
for intended for human consumption . Lang uage(s):  English . Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/JPN/20_2254_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  As notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/682 and G/SPS/N/JPN/682/Add.1, 
the MAFF will set standards and specifications for composition, manufacturing and 
labelling for feeds  for horses in the ministerial ordinance on the specifications and 
standards of feeds and feed additives. In addition, the MAFF will specify "horse intended 
for human consumption" for the scope of the Act on Safety Assurance and Quality 
Improvement of Feed s. The appendix is available to more details of this amendment.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  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 the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/JPN/732  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  These 
amendments are to be published in "Kampo" when adopted.  (available in Japanese)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 December 2020  
[ ] 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 May 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Autho rity, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Japan Enquiry Point  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
Fax: +(8131) 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:   
Japan Enquiry Point  
International Trade Division  
Economic Affairs Bureau  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
Fax: +(8131) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp