G/SPS/N/JPN/1048  
 
1 June 2022  
(22-4169) 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 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)  
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):  Benzoic acid as a feed additive  
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:  Designation of Benzoic acid as a feed additive . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/JPN/22_3818_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  MAFF will designate Benzoic acid as a feed additive and establish 
its standards and specifications by the ministerial ordinance in "Public Announcement: the 
Ministerial Public Announcement Regarding the Designation of Feed Additives (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Public Announcement No. 750 is sued on 24 July 1976)" 
and "Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed 
Additives" (Ordinance No. 35 of 24 July 1976 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).  
(Proposed amendment)  
The content of Benzoic acid in feed must  be no more than 0.5%.  
Benzoic acid is allowed to be used as a feed additive for pigs (no more than 70 kg of body 
weight) only.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  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 standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/JPN/1048  
 
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  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:  These 
amendments are to be publicized in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted 
(available in Japanese).  
These draft amendments are also notified under the TBT Agreement.  
The current Ministerial ordinance is available from the URL; https://elaws.e -
gov.go.jp/document?lawid=351M50010000035  (available in Japanese).  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Thirty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification.  
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:   
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  
13. Text(s) 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