2,4-D
MRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Rice (brown rice) ● 0.05 0.1
Wheat ○ 2 0.5
Barley ○ 2 0.5
Rye ○ 2 0.5
Corn (maize, including pop corn and sweet corn) 0.05 0.05
Buckwheat ● 0.2
Other cereal grains1○ 2 0.5
Soybeans, dry ● 0.01 0.05
Beans, dry2● 0.05
Peas ● 0.05
Broad beans ● 0.05
Peanuts, dry ● 0.05
Other pulses3● 0.05
Potato ○ 0.4 0.2
Taro ● 0.05
Sweet potato ● 0.05
Yam ● 0.05
Konjac ● 0.05
Other potatoes4● 0.05
Sugar beet ● 0.08
Sugarcane ○ 0.1 0.05
Japanese radish, roots (including radish) ● 0.08
Japanese radish, leaves (including radish) ● 0.05
Turnip, roots (including rutabaga) ● 0.08
Turnip, leaves (including rutabaga) ● 0.05
Horseradish ● 0.08
Watercress ● 0.08
Chinese cabbage ● 0.08
Cabbage ● 0.08
Brussels sprouts ● 0.08
Kale ● 0.08
Komatsuna(Japanese mustard spinach) ● 0.08
Kyona ● 0.08
Qing-geng-cai ● 0.08
Cauliflower ● 0.08
Broccoli ● 0.08
Other cruciferous vegetables5● 0.08
Burdock ● 0.08
Salsify ● 0.08
Artichoke ● 0.05
Chicory ● 0.08
Endive ● 0.08
Shungiku ● 0.08MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Lettuce (including cos lettuce and leaf lettuce) ● 0.08
Other composite vegetables6● 0.08
Onion ● 0.05
Welsh (including leek) ● 0.05
Garlic ● 0.05
Nira ● 0.05
Asparagus 5 5
Multiplying onion (including shallot) ● 0.05
Other liliaceous vegetables7● 0.05
Carrot ● 0.08
Parsnip ● 0.08
Parsley ● 0.08
Celery ● 0.08
Mitsuba ● 0.05
Other umbelliferous vegetables8● 0.08
Tomato ● 0.2
Pimiento (sweet pepper) ● 0.08
Egg plant ● 0.08
Other solanaceous vegetables9● 0.08
Cucumber (including gherkin) ● 0.08
Pumpkin (including squash) ● 0.08
Oriental pickling melon (vegetable) ● 0.08
Water melon ● 0.08
Melons ● 0.08
Makuwauri melon ● 0.08
Other cucurbitaceous vegetables10● 0.08
Spinach ● 0.08
Bamboo shoots ● 0.05
Okra ● 0.05
Ginger ● 0.05
Peas, immature (with pods) ● 0.05
Kidney beans, immature (with pods) ● 0.05
Green soybeans ● 0.05
Button mushroom ● 0.05
Shiitake mushroom ● 0.05
Other mushrooms11● 0.05
Other vegetables12● 0.07
Unshu orange, pulp ● 0.01
Citrus natsudaidai, whole ● 1 2
Lemon ○ 3 2
Orange (including navel orange) ● 1 2
Grapefruit ● 1 2
Lime ● 1 2
Other citrus fruits13● 1 2
Apple ○ 0.05 0.01MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Japanese pear 0.01 0.01
Pear ○ 0.05 0.01
Quince 0.01 0.01
Loquat ● 0.01
Peach ● 0.05 0.2
Nectarine ● 0.05 0.2
Apricot ● 0.05 5
Japanese plum (including prune) ● 0.05 0.2
Mume plum ● 0.05 0.2
Cherry ● 0.05 0.2
Strawberry ○ 0.1 0.05
Raspberry ○ 0.2 0.1
Blackberry ○ 0.2 0.1
Blueberry ○ 0.2 0.1
Cranberry 0.5 0.5
Huckleberry ○ 0.2 0.1
Other berries14○ 0.2 0.1
Grape ● 0.1 0.5
Japanese persimmon ● 0.05
Banana ● 0.05
Kiwifruit ● 0.05
Papaya ● 0.05
Avocado ● 0.08
Pineapple ● 0.05
Guava ● 0.05
Mango ● 0.05
Passion fruit ● 0.05
Date ● 0.05
Other fruits15● 0.2
Sunflower seeds ● 0.05
Sesame seeds ● 0.05
Safflower seeds ● 0.05
Cotton seeds ○ 0.08 0.05
Rapeseeds ● 0.05
Other oil seeds16● 0.05
Ginkgo nut 0.2 0.2
Chestnut 0.2 0.2
Pecan 0.2 0.2
Almond 0.2 0.2
Walnut 0.2 0.2
Other nuts170.2 0.2
Hop ○ 0.2 0.08
Other spices18● 1 2
Other herbs19● 0.08
Cattle, muscle 0.2 0.2MRL
(draft)
ppmMRL
Commodity (current)
ppm
Pig, muscle 0.2 0.2
Other terrestrial mammals20, muscle 0.2 0.2
Cattle, fat ○ 0.4 0.2
Pig, fat ○ 0.4 0.1
Other terrestrial mammals, fat ○ 0.4 0.2
Cattle, liver 5 5
Pig, liver 5 5
Other terrestrial mammals, liver 5 5
Cattle, kidney 5 5
Pig, kidney 5 5
Other terrestrial mammals, kidney 5 5
Cattle, edible offal215 5
Pig, edible offal 5 5
Other terrestrial mammals, edible offal 5 5
Milk ○ 0.03 0.01
Chicken, muscle 0.05 0.05
Other poultry22, muscle 0.05 0.05
Chicken, fat 0.05 0.05
Other poultry, fat 0.05 0.05
Chicken, liver 0.05 0.05
Other poultry, liver 0.05 0.05
Chicken, kidney ○ 0.07 0.05
Other poultry, kidney ○ 0.07 0.05
Chicken, edible offal 0.05 0.05
Other poultry, edible offal 0.05 0.05
Chicken eggs 0.01 0.01
Other poultry, eggs 0.01 0.01
Salmoniformes (such as salmon and trout) ● 1
Anguilliformes (such as eel) ● 1
Perciformes (such as bonito, horse mackerel, mackerel, sea
bass, sea bream and tuna) ● 1
Other fish23● 1
Shelled molluscs ● 1
Crustaceans ● 1
Other aquatic animals24● 1
Mineral waters ※ 0.03 0.03
* Shaded figures indicate provisional MRLs.* 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.MRL
(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 will be changed to sum of 2,4-D and its salts and esters, expressed
as 2,4-D. The current residue definition is sum of 2,4-D, 2,4-D sodium salts, 2,4-D dimethylamine
salts, 2,4-D ethyl ester, 2,4-D isopropyl ester, 2,4-D butoxyethyl ester, and 2,4-D alkanolamine
salts.※　The Guideline Value of the WHO Drinking Water Quality Guidelines (Guideline Value: In the
WHO drinking water quality guideline set for the purpose of maintaining and improving the quality
of drinking water by the regulators and water supply service providers of each country in WHO, it
is a numerical value that is the basis for evaluating water quality and indicates the concentration
that does not cause serious risk to the health of the consumer when ingested over the lifetime.)
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. “Beans, dry” 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.
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.
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.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.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.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.23. “Other fish” refers to all fish, except salmoniformes, anguilliformes and perciformes.
24. “Other aquatic animals” refers to all aquatic animals, except fish, shelled molluscs and
      crustaceans.20. “Other terrestrial mammals” refers to all terrestrial mammals, except cattle and pig.
22. “Other poultry animals” refers to all poultry, except chicken.21. “Edible offal” refers to all edible parts, except muscle, fat, liver, and kidney.