Japan: Japan 218th Food Safety Group

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On November 29, 2018, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced revisions to Japan’s Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemicals, veterinary drugs and feed additives: Isopyrazam, Etofenprox, Fenpyroximate, Mandestrobin, Flumequine, Mono- and bis- (trimethylammoniummethylene chloride)-alkyltoluene, and Butylated Hydroxyanisole. In addition, MHLW proposed the revision of standards for the feed additive Hypobromous Acid Water. Lastly, MHLW summarized revisions to Japan’s Food Sanitation Act. The embassy comment period these proposals is open until December 13, 2018. MHLW will then notify the MRL revisions to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which will provide another opportunity for interested parties to comment. MHLW will prepare and provide information explaining how the Food Sanitation Act revisions will change import procedures. 

Japan: Japan 218th Food Safety Group

 

 

Exporting, Regulations & Requirements
East Asia and the Pacific, Japan

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