. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/270 
7 February 2011 
 (11-0618) 
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 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of 
Environment 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pet food (HS Code 23.09 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding) 
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:  Revision of the Ministerial Ordinance of Standards and 
Specifications for Safety of Pet Food  Language(s):     Number of pages:    
6. Description of content:  The objective of the revision of the Ministerial Ordinance of 
Standards and Specifications for Safety of Pet Food is to add the following standards in pet 
food for the listed substances: 
The concentrations of toxic substances sha ll not exceed the following levels in pet food 
sold in Japan, whether domestically manufactured or imported. 
Substances      Maximum levels in pet food  
1. Mycotoxins 
• Deoxynivalenol    2 ppm (pet food for dogs) 
      1 ppm (pet food for cats) 
2. Heavy Metals 
• A r s e n i c      1 5  p p m  
• Cadmium    1 ppm 
• Lead     3 ppm 
3. Organochlorines 
• BHC     0.01 ppm 
 (sum of á-BHC, â-BHC, ã-BHC and ä-BHC) 
• D D T      0 . 1  p p m  
 (sum of DDD, DDE and DDT) 
• Aldrin and Dieldrin   0.01 ppm 
• Endrin     0.01 ppm  G/SPS/N/JPN/270 
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  • Heptachlor and Heptachlor epoxide 0.01 ppm 
Note:  ppm means w/w 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] 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 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 number)    
[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:  Revisions to 
the law will appear in "KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette) when adopted.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  After the close of the comment period. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  October 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  8 April 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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:    
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