. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/212 
20 May 2008  
 (08-2342) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAPAN
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(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: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 
02.08 and 02.09) 
• Fish and crustaceans (HS: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07) 
• Dairy and eggs (HS: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) 
• Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (H S: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 
07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) 
• Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/m elons (HS: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 
08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) 
• Tea, mate and spices (HS: 09.02, 09.03,  09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09, 
09.10) 
• Cereals (HS: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) 
• Oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous  grains, seeds and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 
12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12. 10, 12.11, 12.12 and 12.14) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Revision of the standards 
and specifications for foods and food additiv es under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of 
pesticide residue standards) (ava ilable in English, 19 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for ametryn, 
isoprothiolane, indanofan, cafenstrole, th iobencarb, pyraflufen-ethyl, flutolanil, 
flubendiamide, mefenacet, benzobicyclon.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex standards are established for flutolanil. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Food Sanitation Law 
(Available in English).  When adopted, th ese MRLs are to be published in "KAMPO" 
(Official Government Gazette) (Available in Japanese).   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  These proposed standards will be adopted after a comment 
period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  These proposed standards will basically take effect after 
a certain period of grace. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days from date  of circulation 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: