Permethrin
MRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Rice (brown rice) ● 2.0
Wheat ○ 2 2.0
Barley ○ 2 2.0
Rye ○ 2 2.0
Corn (maize, including pop corn and sweet corn) ○ 2 2.0
Buckwheat ○ 2 2.0
Other cereal grains1○ 2 2.0
Soybeans, dry 0.05 0.05
Beans, dry20.1 0.1
Peas ● 0.2
Broad beans ● 0.1 0.2
Peanuts, dry 0.1 0.1
Other pulses3● 0.1 0.2
Potato 0.05 0.05
Taro ● 0.03 0.2
Sweet potato ● 0.02 0.2
Japanese yam (including Chinese yam) ● 0.01 0.2
Konjac ● 0.2
Other potatoes4● 0.2
Sugar beet 0.2 0.2
Sugarcane ● 0.1
Japanese radish, roots (including radish) 0.1 0.1
Japanese radish, leaves (including radish) ● 0.5 3.0
Turnip, roots (including rutabaga) ● 0.5 3.0
Turnip, leaves (including rutabaga) ○ 15 3.0
Horseradish 0.5 0.5
Watercress ● 5.0
Chinese cabbage ○ 5 5.0
Cabbage ○ 5 5.0
Brussels sprouts ● 1 5.0
Kale ○ 20 5.0
Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) ○ 20 5.0
Kyona ○ 10 3.0
Qing-geng-cai ○ 5 3.0
Cauliflower 0.5 0.5
Broccoli ○ 2 2.0
Other cruciferous vegetables5○ 20 3.0
Burdock ● 1 3.0
Salsify ● 3.0MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Artichoke ● 5 10
Chicory ● 3.0
Endive ● 0.05 3.0
Shungiku ○ 3 3.0
Lettuce (including cos lettuce and leaf lettuce) ○ 20 3.0
Other composite vegetables6● 2 3.0
Onion ● 0.1 3.0
Welsh (including leek) ● 2 3.0
Garlic ● 0.05 3.0
Nira ● 0.05 3.0
Asparagus ○ 3 3.0
Multiplying onion (including shallot) ● 0.02 3.0
Other liliaceous vegetables7● 0.5 3.0
Carrot 0.1 0.1
Parsnip ● 3.0
Parsley ● 0.1 3.0
Celery ○ 2 2.0
Mitsuba ● 3.0
Other umbelliferous vegetables8● 3.0
Tomato ○ 1 1.0
Pimiento (sweet pepper) ○ 4 3.0
Egg plant ○ 1 1.0
Other solanaceous vegetables9○ 3 3.0
Cucumber (including gherkin) 0.5 0.5
Pumpkin (including squash) 0.5 0.5
Oriental pickling melon (vegetable) ● 3.0
Water melon ● 5.0
Water melon (whole commodity after removal of stems) ○ 0.7
Melons ● 0.1
Melons (whole commodity after removal of stems) ○ 0.5
Makuwauri melon ● 0.1
Other cucurbitaceous vegetables10● 2 3.0
Spinach ○ 5 2.0
Bamboo shoots ● 3.0
Okra ○ 3 3.0
Ginger ● 0.7 3.0
Peas, immature (with pods) ○ 3 3.0
Kidney beans, immature (with pods) ● 1 3.0
Green soybeans ○ 3 3.0
Button mushroom 0.1 0.1
Shiitake mushroom ● 3.0MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other mushrooms11● 3.0
Other vegetables12○ 3 3.0
Unshu orange, pulp ● 0.5
Unshu orange (whole commodity) ○ 3
Citrus natsudaidai, whole ○ 5 5.0
Lemon ○ 5 5.0
Orange (including navel orange) ○ 5 5.0
Grapefruit ○ 5 5.0
Lime ○ 5 5.0
Other citrus fruits13○ 5 5.0
Apple ○ 2 2.0
Japanese pear ○ 2 2.0
Pear ○ 2 2.0
Quince ○ 2 2.0
Loquat ● 5.0
Loquat (whole commodity after removal of stems) ○ 5
Peach ● 2.0
Peach (whole commodity after removal of stems and stones but
the residue calculated and expressed on the whole commodity
without stems) ○ 7
Nectarine ○ 2 2.0
Apricot ○ 2 2.0
Japanese plum (including prune) ○ 2 2.0
Mume plum ○ 5 5.0
Cherry ○ 7 5.0
Strawberry ○ 1 1.0
Raspberry ○ 1 1.0
Blackberry ○ 1 1.0
Blueberry ● 3 5.0
Cranberry ● 5.0
Huckleberry ● 5.0
Other berries14○ 2 2.0
Grape ○ 8 5.0
Japanese persimmon ● 4 5.0
Banana ● 5.0
Kiwifruit ● 2.0
Kiwifruit (whole commodity) ○ 10
Papaya ● 5.0
Avocado ○ 5 5.0
Pineapple ● 5.0
Guava ● 5.0
Mango ● 5.0
Passion fruit ● 5.0MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Date ● 5.0
Other fruits15○ 5 5.0
Sunflower seeds ○ 1 1.0
Sesame seeds ● 2 5.0
Safflower seeds ● 5.0
Cotton seeds 0.5 0.5
Rapeseeds 0.05 0.05
Other oil seeds16● 1 5.0
Ginkgo nut ● 5.0
Chestnut ● 0.03 5.0
Pecan ● 5.0
Almond 0.1 0.1
Walnut ● 0.05 5.0
Other nuts170.05 0.05
Tea 20 20
Coffee beans 0.05 0.05
Cacao beans (including shell) ● 0.05
Cacao beans ○
Hop 50 50
Other spices18○ 15
Other herbs19○ 20 3
Cattle, muscle ○ 1 0.4
Pig, muscle ○ 1 0.2
Other terrestrial mammals20, muscle ○ 1 0.4
Cattle, fat 1 1
Pig, fat 1 1
Other terrestrial mammals, fat 1 1
Cattle, liver 0.1 0.1
Pig, liver 0.1 0.1
Other terrestrial mammals, liver 0.1 0.1
Cattle, kidney 0.1 0.1
Pig, kidney 0.1 0.1
Other terrestrial mammals, kidney 0.1 0.1
Cattle, edible offal210.1 0.1
Pig, edible offal 0.1 0.1
Other terrestrial mammals, edible offal 0.1 0.1
Milk 0.1 0.1
Chicken, muscle 0.1 0.1
Other poultry22, muscle 0.1 0.1
Chicken, fat ● 0.1 0.2
Other poultry, fat ● 0.1 0.2
Chicken, liver ● 0.1 0.3MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other poultry, liver ● 0.1 0.3
Chicken, kidney ● 0.1 0.3
Other poultry, kidney ● 0.1 0.3
Chicken, edible offal ● 0.1 0.4
Other poultry, edible offal ● 0.1 0.3
Chicken eggs 0.1 0.1
Other poultry, eggs 0.1 0.1
Wheat flour (limited to whole grain) 2 2
Wheat flour (except whole grain) 0.5 0.5
Wheat germ 2 2
Wheat bran 5 5
Soybean oil (except edible soybean oil that meets the JAS for
Edible Vegetable Fats and Oils, and other edible oils that meet
standards equivalent to or stricter than JAS) ● 0.1
Soybean oil ○ 0.1
Sunflower oil (limited to edible sunflower oil that meet the JAS for
Edible Vegetable Fats and Oils, and other edible oils that meet
standards equivalent to or stricter than JAS) ● 1
Sunflower oil (except edible sunflower oil that meet the JAS for
Edible Vegetable Fats and Oils, and other edible oils that meet
standards equivalent to or stricter than JAS) ● 1
Sunflower oil ○ 1
Cottonseed oil (limited to refined cottonseed oil and cottonseed
salad oil that meet the JAS for Edible Vegetable Fats and Oils, and
other  edible oils that meet standards equivalent to or stricter than
JAS) ● 0.1
Cottonseed oil ○ 0.1
Other spices, dried ● 0.05MRL
* Diagonal line means deletion of a food category to which an MRL applies.(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 is sum of cis-permethrin and trans-permethrin. The residue definition will not
be changed.
* 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.* Food categories ”Water melon", "Melons",  ”Unshu orange, pulp", "Loquat", "Peach" and "Kiwifruit" will be
abolished and integrated into "Water melon (whole commodity after removal of stems.)", "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” includs butter beans, cowbeans (red beans), lentil, lima beans, pegia, sultani,
    sultapya and white beans.* Food categories ”Soybean oil (except edible soybean oil that meets the JAS for Edible Vegetable Fats and
Oils, and other edible oils that meet standards equivalent to or stricter than JAS)" will be abolished and
integrated into "Soybean oil", followed by the current food category system for MRLs for agricultural and
veterinary chemicals in Japan.
* Food categories ”Sunflower oil (limited to edible sunflower oil that meets the JAS for Edible Vegetable Fats
and Oils, and other edible oils that meet standards equivalent to or stricter than JAS)" and "Sunflower oil
(except edible sunflower oil that meet the JAS for Edible Vegetable Fats and Oils, and other edible oils that
meet standards equivalent to or stricter than JAS)" will be abolished and integrated into "Soybean oil",
followed by the current food category system for MRLs for agricultural and veterinary chemicals in Japan.
* Food categories ”Cottonseed oil (limited to refined cottonseed oil and cottonseed salad oil that meets the
JAS for Edible Vegetable Fats and Oils, and other edible oils that meet standards equivalent to or stricter
than JAS)"  will be abolished and integrated into "Cottonseed oil", followed by the current food category
system for MRLs for agricultural and veterinary chemicals in Japan.
* According to the present food classification system in Japan, "Other spices, dried" will be abolished and
integrated into "Other spices".* Cacao beans which includ shell will be abolished and integrated into Cacao beans (except shell), followed
by the current food sysem for MRLs for agricultural veterinary chemicals in Japan.
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.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.
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.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.
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.