. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/255 
1 July 2010 
 (10-3601) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food additives 
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:  Withdrawal of food additives no longer distributed in 
Japan from the List of Existing Food Additives  Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  12 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/JPN/10_2581_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  80 food additives, which have been identified to be no longer 
distributed in the Market in Japan, are supposed  to be prohibited for their use in coming one 
year. 
The food additives concerned are currently liste d in the Ministry of Health, Labour and 
Welfare's Notification (No. 215, issued on 18 May 2010), for seeking public comments, 
prior to their complete withdrawals, as of 18 May 2011 at the latest, from the Official List 
of the Existing Food Additives in the Mi nistry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
Announcement No.120. 
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 number)    
[X] None G/SPS/N/JPN/255 
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  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) :  No later than 18 May 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  No later than 18 May 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  As soon as possible after publication 
[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) :  30 August 2010 
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