WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/JPN/303 
29 August 2012 
 (12-4648) 
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 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(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, 02.07, 
02.08, and 02.09) 
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes:  03.01, 
03,02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.05, 03.06 and 03.07)  
- Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes:  04.01, 0407, 04.08 and 04.09)- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere  specified or included (HS Code:  05.04) 
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tube rs (HS Codes:  07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 
07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.12, 07.13 and 07.14) 
- Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/mel ons (HS Codes:  08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 
08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11, 08.13 and 08.14) 
- Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes:  09.01, 09.02, 09.03,  09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 
09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) 
- Cereals (HS Codes:  10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, se eds and fruits (HS Codes:  12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.12) 
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils (H S Codes:  15.01, 15.02, 15.06 and 15.09) 
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS Code:  18.01) 
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS Code:  22.01) 
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 La w (Revision of agricultural chemical 
residue standards)  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  18 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/JPN/12_3436_00_e.pdf  G/SPS/N/JPN/303 
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  6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals: 
- Pesticide/veterinary drug:  Abamectin  - Pesticides:  Cyflumetofen, Flutriaf ol, Kresoxim-methyl, and Trifluralin 
- Feed additive:  Sedecamycin 
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 international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] 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 to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Food 
Sanitation Law (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 e ffect after a certain grace period. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  27 October 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:     G/SPS/N/JPN/303 
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  13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Standards Information Service  
International Trade Division Economic Affairs Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 
Tokyo 100-8919, Japan  Tel:  +(81) 3 5501 8344  Fax:  +(81) 3 5501 8343  E-mail:  enquiry@mofa.go.jp