WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/JPN/293 
10 February 2012  
 (12-0804) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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):   
- 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, molluscs and other aqua tic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 
03.04, 03.05, 03.06, 03.07) 
- Dairy produce and birds' eggs (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tu bers (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, seeds and fruits (HS Codes:  12.01,12.02, 12.04, 
12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) 
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS C odes: 15.01, 15.02, 15.06, 15.08 and 15.12) 
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS Code: 18.01) - Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS Code: 22.01) 
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 standards and specifications for foods and 
food additives under the Food Sanitation Act (re vision of agricultural chemical residue 
standards)  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  12 
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  6. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for agricultural 
chemicals. Pesticides: "Aldicarb and Aldoxycar b", "Benfluralin" and "Chlorantraniliprole". 
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:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The proposed MRLs for "Aldicarb and Aldoxycarb" do not 
conform to the Codex standards, because, as regards to "Aldicarb and Aldoxycarb", an 
estimated maximum daily intake based on the Codex MRLs exceeds the ADI (0.00025mg/kg bw/day) determined in Japan. 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Food 
Sanitation Act (available in English).  When adopted, these MRLs will appear 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 the 
comment period. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  As soon as possible after the final date for the 
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 en ter into force 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) :  10 April 2012 
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:     G/SPS/N/JPN/293 
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  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