Note: This is unofficial translation. Only the original Japanese texts have legal effect and the translation
is to be used solely as reference material to aid in the understanding of this Ministerial Ordinance.

(Provisional Translation)
April 28, 2009
Ministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries/Ministry of
the Environment No. 1
Amendment September 1, 2011
Ministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries/Ministry of
the Environment No. 3
Amendment August 20, 2014
Ministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries/Ministry of
the Environment No. 3Amendment April 1, 2021
Ministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries/Ministry of
the Environment No. 2
According to the regulations stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Law for
Ensuring the Safety of Pet Food (Law No.83 of 2008), the Ministerial Ordinanceregarding specifications for constituents of pet foods and other related standards shall be
specified as follow:

Ministerial Ordinance on Specifications and Standards of Pet Food
The specifications for the constituents of pet foods and standards for the methods ofmanufacturing and labeling of pet foods that are regulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 5 ofthe Law for Ensuring the Safety of Pet Food (hereafter “the Law) shall be pursuant tothe provisions stipulated in the appendix.
Supplementary Provision:(Date of enforcement)
Article 1 This Ministerial Ordinance shall be enforced from June 1, 2009.
(Interim measures)1Article 2
2-1 For the actions that are stipulated in Items 1, 2 and 4 of Article 6 of the Law and arerelated with the pet food that will have been produced before December 1, 2009, theregulations of Article 6 shall not be applied.
2-2 For the actions that are stipulated in Item 3 of Article 6 of the Law and are relatedwith the pet food that will have been produced before December 1, 2010, the regulationsof Article 6 shall not be applied.
2-3 In case that manufacturers, importers or sellers sell or store for selling the pet foods
that fall under Items 2 and 4 of Article 6 of the Law and will have been produced before
December 1, 2009, Article 8 (limited to the Item 1 only) of the Law shall not be applied.
2-4 In case that manufacturers, importers or sellers sell or store for selling the pet foods
that fall under Item 3 of Article 6 of the Law and will have been produced before
December 1, 2010, Article 8 (limited to the Item 1 only) of the Law shall not be applied.
Supplementary Provisions:(Ministerial Ordinance No. 3: Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries/Ministryof the Environment of September 1, 2011)
This Ministerial Ordinance shall be enforced from March 1, 2012
(Ministerial Ordinance No. 3: Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries/Ministryof the Environment of August 20, 2014)
This Ministerial Ordinance shall be enforced from February 20, 2015（6 months after
its official publication）(Ministerial Ordinance No. 2: Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries/Ministryof the Environment of April 1, 2021)
This Ministerial Ordinance shall be enforced from October 1, 2021（6 months after its
official publication）
Appendix
1 Specifications for Constituents of Pet Food (for selling purpose)(1) The components of the additives (substances that are used by being added, mixed orinfiltrated into pet food or by other methods in the process of producing pet food or for2

the purpose of processing or preserving pet food) listed in the following Table 1 shall beequal or less than each standard value in the following Table 2 in the pet foods intended
for selling purpose. (The pet food intended for selling purpose (means “for sellingpurpose” stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Law) that are manufactured bymanufacturers in their business premises and also intended to be consumed on site shallbe exempted from the regulation.)
Additive Components(Table 1)

Standard Values(Table 2)

Sodium nitrite

100 g/tEthoxyquin

75 g/t(For Dog)

Ethoxyquin, Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and Butylatedhydroxyanisole (BHA)

150 g/t(2) The components of pesticide residues (any substances resulting from the use of thefarm chemicals) listed in the following Table 1 (including any substances that are
chemically transformed from the listed components) shall be equal or less than eachstandard value in the following Table 2 in the pet foods intended for selling purpose.
Farm Chemical Components(Table 1)

Standard Values(Table 2)

Glyphosate

15 μg/g

Chlorpyrifos-methyl

10 μg/g

Pirimifos-methyl

2 μg/gMalathion

10 μg/gMethamidophos

0.2 μg/g(3) The components of the contaminants (any substances that are existed in theenvironment and not intentionally added to pet food) and other substances that may
harm health of pet listed in the following Table 1 shall be equal or less than eachstandard value in the following Table 2 in the pet foods intended for selling purpose.
Contaminant Components(Table 1)

Standard Values(Table 2)

Aflatoxin B1

0.02 μg/g
3Deoxynivalenol

2 μg/g (For Dog)
1 μg/g (For Cat)

Cadmium

1 μg/gLead

3 μg/gInorganic Arsenic2 μg/g

BHC (sum of α-BHC, β-BHC, γ-BHC and δ-BHC)

0.01 μg/g

DDT (sum of DDD, DDE and DDT)

0.1 μg/g

Aldrin and Dieldrin

0.01 μg/g

Endrin0.01 μg/g

Heptachlor and Heptachlor epoxide

0.01 μg/g

Melamine

2.5 μg/g(4) For calculating contents of components specified in (1) ~ (3) above, if moisture
content of the relevant pet food (intended for selling purpose) exceeds 10%, the amountover 10% shall be subtracted from the amount of pet food. On the other hand, ifmoisture content of the relevant pet food falls below 10%, the amount under-short of
10% shall be added to the amount of pet food.
2 Standard for Methods of Manufacturing of Pet Food
(1) Ingredients that are contained harmful substances, contaminated with microbe orsuspected for any of those shall not be used.
(2) In case of applying heat to or drying pet food , process shall be sufficiently effective
to eliminate any microorganisms that are present in the pet food originated in its raw
materials or are possibly developed within.
(3) Propylene glycol shall not be used for manufacturing pet food for cats.
3 Standard for Labeling of Pet Food
The following items shall be labeled on pet foods that are intended for selling purpose:(a) Name of pet food(b) Ingredients list(c) Best-before (This shall mean that the date expressing the time period when it isrecognized to maintaining all expected quality of the product. However, there shall besome cases that those qualities have been maintained beyond the relevant use-by date.)4(d) Name and address of manufacturer, importer or seller(e) Country of origin

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