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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/JPN/53
24 May 2000
(00-2110)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health and Welfare
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Edible vegetable and certain roots and tubers (HS:07), edible fruits and nuts
(HS:08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.12), coffee
(HS:09.01), tea (HS:09.02), ging er (HS:0910.10), cereals (HS:10), oil seeds and oleaginous
fruits;  miscellaneous seeds and fruit (HS:12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10,
1212.91, 1212.92 and 1212.99), cocoa beans (HS:18.01)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Revision of the standards and
specification for foods and additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Additional
establishment and revision of pesticide residue standards) (12 pages available in English)
5. Description of content:  Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 35 pesticides
(Additional establishment for 18 pesticides:  acibenzolar-S-methyl, azoxystrobin, butachlor,chlorothalonil, clethodim, cyanazine, cyprodinil, desmedipham, diafenthiuron, etoxazole,
fenpropathrin, fluazifop, imazamox-amm onium, lufenuron, prochloraz, pymetrozine,
terbacil and tetraconazole. Revision for 17 pesticides:  chlormequat, chlorobenzilate,
clofentezine, diflubenzuron, esprocarb, fenbutatin oxide, flucythrinate, flutolanil,
inabenfide, mefenacet, mepronil, metribuzin, oxamyl, pendimethalin, pirimicarb,
pretilachlor and vamidothion).
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Among MRLs which were newly established
or MRLs which were revised, those given below are higher than the corresponding Codex
standards.
Chlorothalonil on cabbage and peach, clethodim on beans (dry), clofentezine on UNSHU
orange and apple, diflubenzuron on citrus frui ts other than UNSHU orange, fenbutatin oxide
on cucumber (including gherkin), fenpropathri n on tomato, pimento (sweet pepper), egg
plant and cucumber (including gherkin), fl ucythrinate on grape, pirimicarb on cucumber
(including gherkin), egg plant and Japanese ra dish (including radish) (root), vamidothion on
apple, Japanese pear and pear.G/SPS/N/JPN/53
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The MRL for fentutation oxide on UNSHU orange is lower than the Codex standard.  This
is based on the difference in the collected portion of a sample:  whole fruit for the Codex
standard, pulp only for Japanese MRL.
The remaining new or revised MRLs are either the same as the Codex standards, or those
which are not established as Codex standards.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The basic law is the
Food Sanitation Law.  These standards will  appear in "KAMPO" (Official Government
Gazette) when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  These proposed standards will be adopted after a comment
period.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  These proposed standards will be adopted after a
comment period.
11. Final date for comments:  21 July 2000
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:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: