Japan: Japan 219th Food Safety Group

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)

On January 24, 2019, 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: Inpyrfluxam, Chlorpyrifos, Cyantraniliprole, Cyclopyrimorate, Spinetoram, Pyflubumide, Methoxyfenozide, Isoprothiolane and Sarafloxacin. In addition, MHLW proposed the revision of testing protocols for selected crops. Lastly, MHLW announced the public release of Japan’s Specifications and Standards of Food Additives with a provisional translation in English. The embassy comment period for proposed MRL changes is open until February 7, 2019. MHLW will then notify the MRL revisions to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which will provide another opportunity for interested parties to comment. 

Japan: Japan 219th Food Safety Group

 

 

World Trade Organization, Exporting, Regulations & Requirements
East Asia and the Pacific, Japan

Database Source:

Related Reports

View More
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Ukraine: Biotechnology and Other New Production Technologies Annual

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country is gradually adjusting its domestic policies to align with European Union regulations.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Tunisia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Tunisia is continuing to postpone non-urgent matters in front of major political and economic reforms. As a result, Tunisia’s biosafety framework, which was drafted in 2014, remains on hold with no timeframe for a review and parliamentary vote.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Thailand: Rice Price - Weekly

Export prices of white and parboiled rice rose one percent from the previous week as exporters reportedly continued to secure the rice supplies to fulfill contract shipments.