. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/JPN/196 
17 September 2007  
 (07-3884) 
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) 
・ Dairy and eggs (HS: 04.01, 04.07, 04.08) 
・ Edible vegetables and cert ain roots and tubers (HS: 07 .03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.08, 
07.09, 07.10, 07.13, 07.14) 
・ Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/m elons (HS: 08.01, 08.02, 08.04, 08.05, 08.07, 
08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11, 08.14) 
・ Spices (HS: 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09, 09.10) 
・ Cereals (HS: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.06, 10.07, 10.08) 
・ Products of the milling industry (HS: 11.01) 
・ Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscella neous grains, seeds an d fruits (HS: 12.01, 
12.02, 12.04, 12.06, 12.07, 12.11, 12.12, 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 additives under the F ood Sanitation Law (revision of 
pesticide residue standards) (ava ilable in English, 9 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limi ts (MRLs) for bifenthrin, 
dicrotophos, penoxsulam  and pyraclonil.  
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/196 
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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:   
MRLs for bifenthrin on the following products  are the same as or  higher than Codex 
standards:  wheat, barley, corn (maize), potato , lemon, orange, grapefruit, Japanese pear, pear, 
strawberry, hop, cattle(fat, liv er and kidney), milk, chicken,  wheat flour(limited to whole 
grain), wheat flour(except whole grain) and wheat bran. 
Codex standards are not established fo r dicrotophos, penoxsulam and pyraclonil. 
9. 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 English) 
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 the date of ci rculation of the notification 
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: