Heptachlor 
MRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Rice (brown rice) 0.02 0.02
Wheat 0.02 0.02
Barley 0.02 0.02
Rye 0.02 0.02
Corn (maize, including pop corn and sweet corn) 0.02 0.02
Buckwheat 0.02 0.02
Other cereal grains10.02 0.02
Soybeans, dry ● 0.02
Beans, dry2● 0.03
Peas ● 0.03
Broad beans ● 0.03
Peanuts, dry ● 0.01
Other pulses3● 0.03
Potato ● 0.03
Taro ● 0.03
Sweet potato ● 0.03
Yam ● 0.03
Konjac ● 0.03
Other potatoes4● 0.03
Sugar beet ● 0.03
Sugarcane ● 0.02
Japanese radish, roots (including radish) ● 0.03
Japanese radish, leaves (including radish) ● 0.03
Turnip, roots (including rutabaga) ● 0.03
Turnip, leaves (including rutabaga) ● 0.03
Horseradish ● 0.03
Watercress ● 0.03
Chinese cabbage ● 0.03
Cabbage ● 0.03
Brussels sprouts ● 0.03
Kale ● 0.03
Komatsuna(Japanese mustard spinach) ● 0.03
Kyona ● 0.03
Qing-geng-cai ● 0.03
Cauliflower ● 0.03
Broccoli ● 0.03
Other cruciferous vegetables5● 0.03
Burdock ● 0.03
Salsify ● 0.03
Artichoke ● 0.03
Chicory ● 0.03
Endive ● 0.03
Shungiku ● 0.03MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Lettuce (including cos lettuce and leaf lettuce) ● 0.03
Other composite vegetables6● 0.03
Onion ● 0.03
Welsh (including leek) ● 0.03
Garlic ● 0.03
Nira ● 0.01
Asparagus ● 0.03
Multiplying onion (including shallot) ● 0.03
Other liliaceous vegetables7● 0.03
Carrot ● 0.1
Parsnip ● 0.03
Parsley ● 0.01
Celery ● 0.03
Mitsuba ● 0.01
Other umbelliferous vegetables8● 0.03
Tomato ● 0.02
Pimiento (sweet pepper) ● 0.03
Egg plant ● 0.03
Other solanaceous vegetables9● 0.03
Cucumber (including gherkin) ● 0.03
Pumpkin (including squash) ○ 0.2 0.03
Oriental pickling melon (vegetable) ● 0.03
Water melon ● 0.03
Melons ● 0.03
Makuwauri melon ● 0.03
Other cucurbitaceous vegetables10● 0.03
Spinach ● 0.03
Bamboo shoots ● 0.03
Okra ● 0.03
Peas, immature (with pods) ● 0.03
Kidney beans, immature (with pods) ● 0.03
Green soybeans 0.02 0.02
Button mushroom ● 0.03
Shiitake mushroom ● 0.03
Other mushrooms11● 0.03
Other vegetables12● 0.03
Unshu orange, pulp 0.01 0.01
Citrus natsudaidai, whole 0.01 0.01
Lemon 0.01 0.01
Orange (including navel orange) 0.01 0.01
Grapefruit 0.01 0.01
Lime 0.01 0.01
Other citrus fruits130.01 0.01
Apple ● 0.01
Japanese pear ● 0.01MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Pear ● 0.01
Quince ● 0.01
Loquat ● 0.01
Peach ● 0.01
Nectarine ● 0.01
Apricot ● 0.01
Japanese plum (including prune) ● 0.01
Mume plum ● 0.01
Cherry ● 0.01
Strawberry ● 0.01
Raspberry ● 0.01
Blackberry ● 0.01
Blueberry ● 0.01
Cranberry ● 0.01
Huckleberry ● 0.01
Other berries14● 0.01
Grape ● 0.01
Japanese persimmon ● 0.01
Banana ● 0.01
Kiwifruit ● 0.01
Avocado ● 0.01
Pineapple 0.01 0.01
Guava ● 0.01
Mango ● 0.01
Passion fruit ● 0.01
Date ● 0.01
Other fruits15● 0.03
Sunflower seeds ● 0.01
Sesame seeds ● 0.01
Safflower seeds ● 0.01
Cotton seeds 0.02 0.02
Rapeseeds ● 0.01
Other oil seeds16● 0.01
Ginkgo nut ● 0.01
Chestnut ● 0.01
Pecan ● 0.01
Almond ● 10
Walnut ● 0.01
Other nuts17● 0.01
Tea ● 0.02
Hop ● 0.01
Other spices18● 0.01 0.03
Other herbs19● 0.03
Cattle, muscle ● 0.2
Pig, muscle ● 0.2MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other terrestrial mammals20, muscle ● 0.2
Cattle, fat 0.2 0.2
Pig, fat 0.2 0.2
Other terrestrial mammals, fat 0.2 0.2
Cattle, liver ● 0.2
Pig, liver ● 0.2
Other terrestrial mammals, liver ● 0.2
Cattle, kidney ● 0.2
Pig, kidney ● 0.2
Other terrestrial mammals, kidney ● 0.2
Cattle, edible offal21● 0.2
Pig, edible offal ● 0.2
Other terrestrial mammals, edible offal ● 0.2
Milk 0.006 0.006
Chicken, muscle ● 0.2
Other poultry22, muscle ● 0.2
Chicken, fat 0.2 0.2
Other poultry, fat 0.2 0.2
Chicken, liver ● 0.2
Other poultry, liver ● 0.2
Chicken, kidney ● 0.2
Other poultry, kidney ● 0.2
Chicken, edible offal ● 0.2
Other poultry, edible offal ● 0.2
Chicken eggs 0.05 0.05
Other poultry, eggs 0.05 0.05
Salmoniformes (such as salmon and trout) ● 0.05
Anguilliformes (such as eel) ● 0.05
Perciformes (such as bonito, horse mackerel, mackerel, sea
bass, sea bream and tuna) ● 0.05
Other fish ● 0.05
Shelled molluscs ● 0.05
Crustaceans ● 0.05
Other aquatic animals ● 0.05
Whales ○ 0.02
Honey (including royal-jelly)  ● 0.006
Soybean oil, (limited to 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)
※ ● 0.02
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)　※● 0.5
Soybean oil　※
○ 0.5MRL
(draft)
ppm* Shaded figures indicate provisional MRLs.
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.※Food categories “Soybean oil, (limited to 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)” and “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.* Diagonal line means deletion of a food category to which an MRL applies.
The residue definition is sum of heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide.* 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.　●：Commodities for which MRLs are to be lowered or deleted.
　○：Commodities for which MRLs are to be maintained, increased or newly set.
11. “Other mushrooms” refers to all mushrooms, except button mushroom, and shiitake
     mushroom.1. “Other cereal grains” refers to all cereal grains, except rice (brown rice), wheat, barley, rye,
     corn (maize), and buckwheat.
2. including butter beans, cowbeans (red beans), lentil, lima beans, pegia, sultani, sultapya
    and white beans.
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.
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.
9. “Other solanaceous vegetables” refers to all solanaceous vegetables, except tomato, pimiento
     (sweet pepper), and egg plant.
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.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.