G/SPS/N/JPN/525  
 
4 August 2017  
(17-4230) 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 Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)  
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):  
 Meat and edible meat offal (HS  Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06 
and 02.08)  
 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic inverteb rates (HS  Codes: 03.02, 
03.03 and 03.04)  
 Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS  Code: 04.01)  
 Products of animal origin (HS  Code: 05.04)  
 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS  Codes: 07.02, 07.03, 07.05, 
07.07, 07.08, 07.09 and 07.1 0)  
 Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS  Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 
08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14)  
 Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS  Codes: 09.02, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 
09.09 and 09.10)  
 Cereals  (HS Codes: 10.01 and 10.06)  
 Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01 and 
12.07)  
 Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)  
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: Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods 
and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of agricultural chemical 
residue standards).  Language(s): English . Number of pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/JPN/17_3499_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Propos ed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Buprofezin.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territ ory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/JPN/525  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Pesticide Residues in Food and feed – Pestic ide 
Index – 173 Buprofezin  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform t o the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: The current MRLs of 10 ppm in pepper,  dried and 2 ppm in 
raisin will be deleted because the MRL of 10 ppm  in oth er solanaceous vegetables and 
1 ppm in raw grapes have been set on the basis of the submitted data. MRLs in raw 
agricultural commodities apply to their processed commodities (including pepper,dried 
and raisin) taking into account the processing fact ors. Therefore, the deletion of MRLs in 
pepper,  dried and raisin will not strengthen the current regulation, and all the proposed 
MRLs conform to the Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Food Sanitation Act  (available in English). When adopted, these MRLs are to be 
published in Kampo (Official Government Gazette)  (available in Japanese) . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : As soon as possible after the final date for 
the comment period.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : As soon as possible after the final date 
for the comment period.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : These proposed standards will take effect after a certain period  
of grace.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 October 2017 . Comments only to updated MRLs 
(marked with black circles and white circles in attach ed annexes).  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s)  available from: [  ] National Notification Au thority, [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: +(81 3) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa. go.jp