Bentazone
MRL
Commodity (previous)
ppm
Rice (brown rice) ● 0.05 0.2
Wheat ● 0.02 0.2
Barley ● 0.05 0.2
Rye ● 0.05 0.2
Corn (maize, including pop corn and sweet corn) ● 0.02 0.2
Buckwheat ● 0.01 0.1
Other cereal grains1● 0.1 0.2
Soybeans, dry ○ 0.5 0.05
Beans, dry2○ 0.5 0.2
Peas ● 0.5 1
Broad beans ○ 0.5 0.05
Peanuts, dry 0.05 0.05
Other pulses30.5 0.5
Potato 0.1 0.1
Taro ● 0.05
Sweet potato ● 0.05
Japanese yam (including Chinese yam) ● 0.05
Konjac ● 0.05
Other potatoes4● 0.05
Sugar beet ● 0.02
Sugarcane ● 0.02
Japanese radish, roots (including radish) ● 0.05
Japanese radish, leaves (including radish) ● 0.05
Turnip, roots (including rutabaga) ● 0.05
Turnip, leaves (including rutabaga) ● 0.05
Horseradish ● 0.05
Watercress ● 0.05
Chinese cabbage ● 0.05
Cabbage ● 0.05
Brussels sprouts ● 0.05
Kale ● 0.05
Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) ● 0.05
Kyona ● 0.05
Qing-geng-cai ● 0.05
Cauliflower ● 0.05
Broccoli ● 0.05
Other cruciferous vegetables5● 0.05
Burdock ● 0.05
Salsify ● 0.05MRL
(renewed)
ppmMRL
Commodity (previous)
ppm
Artichoke ● 0.05
Chicory ● 0.05
Endive ● 0.05
Shungiku ● 0.05
Lettuce (including cos lettuce and leaf lettuce) ● 0.05
Other composite vegetables6○ 0.1 0.05
Onion ● 0.1 0.2
Welsh (including leek) ● 0.05
Garlic ● 0.05
Nira ● 2
Asparagus ● 0.05
Multiplying onion (including shallot) ● 0.05
Other liliaceous vegetables7● 0.05 2
Carrot ● 0.05
Parsnip ● 0.05
Parsley ○ 0.1 0.05
Celery ○ 0.1 0.05
Mitsuba ○ 0.1 0.05
Other umbelliferous vegetables8○ 0.1 0.05
Tomato ● 0.05
Pimiento (sweet pepper) ● 0.5
Egg plant ● 0.05
Other solanaceous vegetables9● 0.05
Cucumber (including gherkin) ● 0.1
Pumpkin (including squash) ● 0.05
Oriental pickling melon (vegetable) ● 0.05
Water melon ● 0.05
Melons ● 0.05
Makuwauri melon ● 0.05
Other cucurbitaceous vegetables10● 0.05
Spinach ● 0.05
Bamboo shoots ● 0.1
Okra ● 0.05
Ginger ● 0.05
Peas, immature (with pods) ○ 2 0.5
Kidney beans, immature (with pods) ● 0.01 0.2
Green soybeans ○ 0.08 0.05
Button mushroom ● 0.05
Shiitake mushroom ● 0.05
Other mushrooms11● 0.05
Other vegetables12○ 2 0.1MRL
(renewed)
ppmMRL
Commodity (previous)
ppm
Unshu orange, pulp ● 0.02
Citrus natsudaidai, whole ● 0.02
Lemon ● 0.02
Orange (including navel orange) ● 0.02
Grapefruit ● 0.02
Lime ● 0.02
Other citrus fruits13● 0.02
Apple ● 0.02
Japanese pear ● 0.02
Pear ● 0.02
Quince ● 0.02
Loquat ● 0.02
Peach ● 0.02
Nectarine ● 0.02
Apricot ● 0.02
Japanese plum (including prune) ● 0.02
Mume plum ● 0.02
Cherry ● 0.02
Strawberry ● 0.02
Raspberry ● 0.02
Blackberry ● 0.02
Blueberry ● 0.05
Cranberry ● 0.02
Huckleberry ● 0.02
Other berries14● 0.02
Grape ● 0.02
Japanese persimmon ● 0.02
Banana ● 0.02
Kiwifruit ● 0.02
Papaya ● 0.02
Avocado ● 0.02
Pineapple ● 0.02
Guava ● 0.02
Mango ● 0.02
Passion fruit ● 0.02
Date ● 0.02
Other fruits15● 0.02
Sunflower seeds ● 0.02
Sesame seeds ● 0.02
Safflower seeds ● 0.02
Cotton seeds ● 0.02MRL
(renewed)
ppmMRL
Commodity (previous)
ppm
Rapeseeds ● 0.02
Other oil seeds16● 0.02 0.1
Ginkgo nut ● 0.02
Chestnut ● 0.02
Pecan ● 0.02
Almond ● 0.02
Walnut ● 0.02
Other nuts17● 0.02
Tea ● 0.02
Coffee beans ● 0.02
Cacao beans ● 0.02
Hop ● 0.02
Other spices18● 0.5
Other herbs19● 0.1 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 0.05
Pig, fat ● 0.01 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, fat ● 0.01 0.05
Cattle, liver ● 0.04 0.05
Pig, liver ● 0.04 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, liver ● 0.04 0.05
Cattle, kidney ○ 0.08 0.05
Pig, kidney ○ 0.08 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, kidney ○ 0.08 0.05
Cattle, edible offal21○ 0.08 0.05
Pig, edible offal ○ 0.08 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, edible offal ○ 0.08 0.05
Milk ● 0.01 0.05
Chicken, muscle ● 0.03 0.05
Other poultry22, muscle ● 0.03 0.05
Chicken, fat ● 0.03 0.05
Other poultry, fat ● 0.03 0.05
Chicken, liver ○ 0.07 0.05
Other poultry, liver ○ 0.07 0.05
Chicken, kidney ○ 0.07 0.05
Other poultry, kidney ○ 0.07 0.05
Chicken, edible offal ○ 0.07 0.05
Other poultry, edible offal ○ 0.07 0.05
Chicken eggs ● 0.01 0.05MRL
(renewed)
ppmMRL
Commodity (previous)
ppm
Other poultry, eggs ● 0.01 0.05MRL
* Shaded figures indicate provisional MRLs.
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), lentil, kidney beans, lima beans,
    pegia, sultani, sultapya and white beans.(renewed)
ppm
    ●：Commodity for which MRLs are lowered. These MRLs are to be taken effect on 30 August 2023.
    ○：Commodities for which MRLs are raised. These MRLs have been taken effect on 30 August 2022.
Note: The residue definition is Bentazone only.
* The uniform limit 0.01 ppm is applied to commodities not  listed above.
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 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.
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.