. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/231 
22 July 2009 
 (09-3596) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 number(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 (HS Codes: 03.02 , 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07) 
• Dairy, eggs and honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07, 04.08 and 04.09) 
• Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 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/melons (HS Codes: 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) 
• 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, seed s and fruits (HS Cod es: 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: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] 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 Law (R evision of Agricultural Chemical residue 
standards)  Language:  English  Number of pages:  12   
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/JPN/09_2590_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limit s (MRLs) for acequinocyl, 
prohydrojasmon, pencycuron, brotizolam and rifaximin. G/SPS/N/JPN/231 
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  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:  
[   ] 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 N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] 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 
comment period.  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  As soon as possible after the final date for 
comment period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  These proposed standards will basically ta ke effect after a certain period of 
grace. 
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  20 September 2009 
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:     
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: