Carbofuran
MRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Rice (brown rice) ● 0.01 0.1
Wheat ● 0.2
Barley ● 0.2
Rye ● 0.1
Corn (maize, including pop corn and sweet corn) 0.05 0.05
Buckwheat ● 0.1
Other cereal grains10.1 0.1
Soybeans, dry ● 0.6
Beans, dry2● 0.2
Peas ● 0.2
Broad beans ● 0.2
Peanuts, dry ● 0.1 0.2
Other pulses3● 0.2
Potato ● 0.5
Taro ● 0.01 0.5
Sweet potato ● 0.5
Japanese yam (including Chinese yam) ● 0.5
Konjac ● 0.5
Other potatoes4● 0.5
Sugar beet ● 0.2
Sugar cane ● 0.01 0.1
Japanese radish, roots (including radish) ● 0.5
Japanese radish, leaves (including radish) ● 1
Turnip, roots (including rutabaga) ● 0.5
Turnip, leaves (including rutabaga) ● 0.5
Horseradish ● 0.1 0.5
Watercress ● 0.5
Chinese cabbage ● 0.5
Cabbage ● 0.5
Brussels sprouts ● 0.2 0.5
Kale ● 0.5
Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) ● 0.5
Kyona ● 0.5
Qing-geng-cai ● 0.5
Cauliflower ● 0.5
Broccoli ● 0.5
Other cruciferous vegetables5● 0.5
Other cruciferous vegetables (except leaf mustard and rape
greens) ● 0.2
Other cruciferous vegetables (limit to leaf mustard and rape
greens) ●
Burdock ● 0.5
Salsify ● 0.5MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Artichoke ● 0.5
Chicory ● 0.5
Endive ● 0.5
Shungiku ● 0.5
Lettuce (including cos lettuce and leaf lettuce) ● 0.5
Other composite vegetables6● 0.1 0.5
Onion ● 0.5
Welsh (including leek) ● 1
Garlic ● 0.5
Nira ● 0.5
Asparagus ● 0.5
Multiplying onion (including shallot) ● 0.5
Other liliaceous vegetables7● 0.5
Carrot ● 0.5
Parsnip ● 0.5
Parsley ● 0.5
Celery ● 0.5
Mitsuba ● 0.5
Other umbelliferous vegetables8● 0.5
Tomato ● 0.5
Pimiento (sweet pepper) ● 0.01 0.5
Egg plant ● 0.5
Other solanaceous vegetables9● 0.01 0.5
Cucumber (including gherkin) ● 0.5
Pumpkin (including squash) ● 0.5
Oriental pickling melon (vegetable) ● 0.5
Water melon ● 0.3
Melons ● 0.3
Makuwauri melon ● 0.3
Other cucurbitaceous vegetables10● 0.5
Spinach ● 0.5
Bamboo shoots ● 0.5
Okra ● 0.5
Ginger ● 0.1 0.5
Peas, immature (with pods) ● 0.5
Kidney beans, immature (with pods) ● 0.5
Green soybeans ● 0.5
Button mushroom ● 0.5
Shiitake mushroom ● 0.5
Other mushrooms11● 0.5
Other vegetables12● 0.3
Other vegetables (except taro stem, bean sprout and immature
broad beans) ● 0.01
Other vegetables (limit to taro stem, bean sprout and immature
broad beans) ●MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Unshu orange, pulp ● 0.3
Citrus natsudaidai, whole ● 0.3
Lemon ● 0.3
Orange (including navel orange) ● 0.3
Grapefruit ● 0.3
Lime ● 0.3
Other citrus fruits13○ 0.5 0.3
Apple ● 0.3
Japanese pear ● 0.3
Pear ● 0.3
Quince ● 0.3
Loquat ● 0.3
Peach ● 0.3
Nectarine ● 0.3
Apricot ● 0.3
Japanese plum (including prune) ● 0.3
Mume plum ● 0.3
Cherry ● 0.3
Strawberry ● 3
Raspberry ● 0.3
Blackberry ● 0.3
Blueberry ● 0.3
Cranberry ● 0.3
Huckleberry ● 0.3
Other berries14● 0.3
Grape ● 0.3
Japanese persimmon ● 0.3
Banana ● 0.3
Kiwifruit ● 0.3
Papaya ● 0.3
Avocado ● 0.3
Pineapple ● 0.3
Guava ● 0.3
Mango ● 0.3
Passion fruit ● 0.3
Date ● 0.3
Other fruits15● 0.3
Sunflower seeds ● 0.1 0.3
Sesame seeds ● 0.3
Safflower seeds ● 0.3
Cotton seeds ● 0.1 0.3MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Rape seeds ● 0.05 0.3
Other oil seeds16● 0.3
Ginkgo nut ● 0.3
Chestnut ● 0.3
Pecan ● 0.3
Almond ● 0.3
Walnut ● 0.3
Other nuts17● 0.3
Tea ● 0.2
Coffee beans 1 1
Cacao beans ● 0.1
Hop ● 10
Other spices18● 0.5
Other spices (limited to root or rhizome)19● 0.1
Other spices (except root or rhizome) ●
Other herbs20● 0.3 0.5
Cattle, muscle ● 0.05
Pig, muscle ● 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals21, muscle ● 0.05
Cattle, fat ● 0.05
Pig, fat ● 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, fat ● 0.05
Cattle, liver ● 0.05
Pig, liver ● 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, liver ● 0.05
Cattle, kidney ● 0.05
Pig, kidney ● 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, kidney ● 0.05
Cattle, edible offal22● 0.05
Pig, edible offal ● 0.05
Other terrestrial mammals, edible offal ● 0.05
Milk ● 0.05
Chicken, muscle ● 0.08
Other poultry23, muscle ● 0.08
Chicken, fat ● 0.1
Other poultry, fat ● 0.1
Chicken, liver ● 0.08
Other poultry, liver ● 0.08
Chicken, kidney ● 0.08
Other poultry, kidney ● 0.08
Chicken, edible offal ● 0.08
Other poultry, edible offal ● 0.08
Chicken eggs ● 0.08MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Other poultry, eggs ● 0.08
Fish ○ 0.05
Mineral waters ○ 0.007MRL
* Diagonal line means deletion of a food category to which an MRL applies.
1. “Other cereal grains” refers to all cereal grains, except rice (brown rice), wheat, barley, rye,
    corn (maize) and buckwheat.
2. “Beans, dry” includes butter beans, cowbeans (red beans), lentil, lima beans, pegia, sultani,
    sultapya and white beans.(draft)
ppm
　●：Commodities for which MRLs are to be lowered or deleted.
　○：Commodities for which MRLs are to be increased or newly set.
NOTE:　The residue definition for agricultural products is to be sum of carbofuran and its metabolite C
(2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yl methylcarbamate; 3-OH carbofuran) including its
conjugates, expressed as carbofuran. The residue definition for fish is to be carbofuran only.
The current residue definition is sum of carbofuran and 3-OH carbofuran, expressed as carbofuran.
Provided that carbofuran and/or 3-OH carbofuran are detected with one of carbosulfan, frathiocarb or
benfuracarb, MRLs specified for not carbofuran but each pesticide should be applied.
* 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.
* Shaded figures indicate provisional MRLs.
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.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.
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.
11. “Other mushrooms” refers to all mushrooms, except button mushroom and shiitake
    mushroom.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, citrus natsudaidai, lemon,
    orange (including navel orange), grapefruit, lime and spices.
14. “Other berries” refers to all berries, except strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry,
    cranberry and huckleberry.
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.
20. “Other herbs” refers to all herbs, except watercress, nira, parsley stems and leaves, celery
    stems and leaves.
21. “Other terrestrial mammals” refers to all terrestrial mammals, except cattle and pig.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, rape seeds and spices.
17. “Other nuts” refers to all nuts, except ginkgo nut, chestnut, pecan, almond and walnut.
19. “Other spices (limited to root or rhizome)” includes asafoetida roots, turmeric root, galangal
　 rhizome and licorice root.
22. “Edible offal” refers to all edible parts, except muscle, fat, liver and kidney.
23. “Other poultry” refers to all poultry, except chicken.