. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/229 
13 May 2009 
 (09-2354) 
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); 
− Dairy and eggs (HS Codes 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08); 
− Edible vegetables and certain roots and t ubers (HS Codes 07.01, 07.02, 07.07, 07.06, 
07.09, 07.10, 07.12 and 07.14); 
− Edible fruits (HS Codes 08.07, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.13);  and 
− Cereals (HS Codes 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.07 and 10.08). 
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:  5 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/JPN/09_1716_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for imicyafos, 
pyrasulfotole, destomycin A and terdecamycin. 
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.    G/SPS/N/JPN/229 
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  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 ):  12 July 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: