Chlormequat
MRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Rice (brown rice) ● 0.05
Wheat ○ 10 5
Barley ※1 ○ 3 0.5
Rye ※1 ○ 8 5
Corn (maize, including pop corn and sweet corn) ● 0.05
Buckwheat ● 0.05
Other cereal grains1 ※1 ● 6 10
Soybeans, dry ● 0.1
Beans, dry2● 0.05
Peas ● 0.05
Broad beans ● 0.05
Peanuts, dry ● 0.1
Other pulses3● 0.05
Potato ● 10
Taro ● 0.05
Sweet potato ● 0.05
Yam ● 0.05
Konjac ● 0.05
Other potatoes4● 0.05
Sugar beet ● 0.05
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● 3
Burdock ● 0.05
Salsify ● 0.05
Artichoke ● 0.05
Chicory ● 0.05
Endive ● 0.05
Shungiku ● 0.05
Lettuce (including cos lettuce and leaf lettuce) ● 0.05MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other composite vegetables6● 0.05
Onion ● 0.05
Welsh (including leek) ● 0.05
Garlic ● 0.05
Nira ● 0.05
Asparagus ● 0.05
Multiplying onion (including shallot) ● 0.05
Other liliaceous vegetables7● 0.05
Carrot ● 0.05
Parsnip ● 0.05
Parsley ● 0.05
Celery ● 0.05
Mitsuba ● 0.05
Other umbelliferous vegetables8● 0.05
Tomato ● 0.05
Pimiento (sweet pepper) ● 0.05
Egg plant ● 0.05
Other solanaceous vegetables9● 0.05
Cucumber (including gherkin) ● 0.05
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 ● 0.05
Okra ● 0.05
Ginger ● 0.05
Peas, immature (with pods) ● 0.05
Kidney beans, immature (with pods) ● 0.05
Green soybeans ● 0.05
Button mushroom ● 10
Shiitake mushroom ● 10
Other mushrooms11● 10
Other vegetables12● 0.05
Unshu orange, pulp ● 0.05
Citrus natsudaidai, whole ● 0.05
Lemon ● 0.05
Orange (including navel orange) ● 0.05
Grapefruit ● 0.05
Lime ● 0.05
Other citrus fruits13● 0.05
Apple ● 0.05
Japanese pear ● 3MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Pear ● 0.07 3
Quince ● 0.05
Loquat ● 0.05
Peach ● 0.05
Nectarine ● 0.05
Apricot ● 0.05
Japanese plum (including prune) ● 0.05
Mume plum ● 0.05
Cherry ● 0.05
Strawberry ● 0.05
Raspberry ● 0.05
Blackberry ● 0.05
Blueberry ● 0.05
Cranberry ● 0.05
Huckleberry ● 0.05
Other berries14● 0.05
Grape ※1 ● 0.05 1
Japanese persimmon ● 0.05
Banana ● 0.05
Kiwifruit ● 0.05
Avocado ● 0.05
Pineapple ● 0.05
Guava ● 0.05
Mango ● 0.05
Passion fruit ● 0.05
Date ● 2
Other fruits15● 0.1
Sunflower seeds ● 0.1
Sesame seeds ● 0.1
Safflower seeds ● 0.1
Cotton seeds ※1 ○ 0.6 0.5
Rapeseeds ● 5
Other oil seeds16● 0.1
Ginkgo nut ● 0.1
Chestnut ● 0.1
Pecan ● 0.1
Almond ● 0.1
Walnut ● 0.1
Other nuts17● 0.1
Tea ● 0.1
Hop ● 0.1
Other spices18● 0.1
Other herbs19● 3
Cattle, muscle ※1 ○ 0.3 0.2
Pig, muscle ※1 ○ 0.3 0.2MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other terrestrial mammals20, muscle ※1 ○ 0.3 0.2
Cattle, fat ※1 ● 0.1 0.2
Pig, fat ※1 ○ 0.1 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, fat ※1 ● 0.1 0.2
Cattle, liver ※1 ○ 1 0.1
Pig, liver ※1 ○ 1 0.1
Other terrestrial mammals, liver ※1 ○ 1 0.1
Cattle, kidney ※1 ○ 1 0.5
Pig, kidney ※1 ○ 1 0.5
Other terrestrial mammals, kidney ※1 ○ 1 0.5
Cattle, edible offal21 ※1 ○ 1 0.3
Pig, edible offal ※1 ○ 1 0.3
Other terrestrial mammals, edible offal ※1 ○ 1 0.3
Milk ※1 ● 0.4 0.5
Chicken, muscle ※1 ○ 0.05 0.04
Other poultry22, muscle ※1 ○ 0.05 0.04
Chicken, fat ※1 0.05 0.05
Other poultry, fat ※1 0.05 0.05
Chicken, liver ※1 0.1 0.1
Other poultry, liver ※1 0.1 0.1
Chicken, kidney ※1 0.1 0.1
Other poultry, kidney ※1 0.1 0.1
Chicken, edible offal ※1 0.1 0.1
Other poultry, edible offal ※1 0.1 0.1
Chicken eggs ※1 0.1 0.1
Other poultry, eggs ※1 0.1 0.1
Wheat flour (limited to whole grain) ※2 ● 5
Wheat flour (except whole grain) ※2 ● 2
Wheat bran ※3 ● 10
Rye flour (limited to whole grain) ※3 ● 4
Rye flour (except whole grain) ※4 ● 3
Rye bran ※1 ○ 26 10
Rapeseed oils, crude (except refined rapeseed oil and
rapeseed 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) ※5 ● 0.1
* 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.MRL
(draft)
ppm
　●：Commodities for which MRLs are to be lowered or deleted.
　○：Commodities for which MRLs are to be increased or newly set.
* Shaded figures indicate provisional MRLs.
* Diagonal line means deletion of a food category to which an MRL applies.
Note: The residue definition is chlormequat chloride.1. “Other cereal grains” refers to all cereal grains, except rice (brown rice), wheat, barley, rye,
    corn (maize), and buckwheat.
2. “Beans, dry” including butter beans, cowbeans (red beans), lentil, lima beans, pegia, sultani,
    sultapya
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.
7. “Other liliaceous vegetables” refers to all liliaceous vegetables, except onion, welsh (including
    leek), garlic, nira, asparagus, multiplying onion, and herbs.
11. “Other mushrooms” refers to all mushrooms, except button mushroom, and shiitake
     mushroom.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.
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.
8. “Other umbelliferous vegetables” refers to all umbelliferous vegetables, except carrot,
    parsnip, parsley, celery, mitsuba, spices, 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.
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 (pulp), citrus natsudaidai
     (pulp), citrus natsudaidai (peel), citrus natsudaidai (whole), lemon, orange (including navel
     orange), grapefruit, lime, and spices.
14. “Other berries” refers to all berries, except strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry,
     cranberry, and huckleberry.※3 Food categories “Wheat bran” and “Rye flour (limited to whole grain)” will be deleted, and
hereafter, MRLs in their raw commodities (i.e. wheat, rye) will also apply to such processed
commodities, respectively, taking into account their processing factors. For this substance, JMPR
estimated processing factors of 3.0 for “Wheat bran” and 1.3 for “Rye flour (limited to whole
※4 Food category “Rye flour (except whole grain)” will be deleted, and hereafter, MRL in its raw
commodity (i.e. rye) will also apply to such processed commodity, taking into account its
processing factor.
※5 Food category “Rapeseed oils, crude (except refined rapeseed oil and rapeseed 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)” will be deleted, and hereafter, MRL in its raw commodity (i.e.
rapeseed) will also apply to such processed commodity, taking into account its processing factor.※1 The residue definition is chlormequat cation in Codex, and chlormequat chloride in Japan.
Regarding commodities citing Codex, MRLs are set by multiplying Codex by a conversion factor
of 1.29 in order to take into account differences in residue definition .
※2 Food categories “Wheat flour (limited to whole grain)” and “Wheat flour (except whole grain)”
will be deleted, and hereafter, MRL in their raw commodity (i.e. wheat) will also apply to such
processed commodities, taking into account their processing factors.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.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.
22. “Other poultry animals” refers to all poultry, except chicken.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.