G/SPS/N/JPN/537  
 
16 November 2017  
(17-6221) 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):  
 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS  Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04,  
07.05, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14)  
 Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS  Codes: 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.10, 
08.11 and 08.14)  
 Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS  Codes: 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 
09.09 and 09.10)  
 Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01 and 12.10)  
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 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/JPN/17_5086_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Mandipropamid.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant internationa l 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 – Pesticide 
Index  – 231 - Mandipropamid  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Healt h (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 to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/JPN/537  
 
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  [X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: The current MRLs of 10 ppm in dried pepper and 5 ppm in raisin 
will be deleted because the MRL of 25 ppm in other solanaceous vegetables and 3 ppm in 
raw grapes ha ve been set on the basis of the submitted data. MRLs in raw agricultural 
commodities apply to their processed commodities (including dried pepper and raisin) 
taking into account the processing factors (the JMPR estima ted the processing factors of 
7 for dri ed pepper and 3.91 for raisin). Therefore, the deletion of MRLs in dried pepper 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 avai lable: 
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 comm ent 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) : 15 January 2018 . Comments only to updated MRLs 
(marked with black circl es and white circles in attached 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 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: +(81 3) 5501 8343  
E-mail: enquiry@mofa.go.jp