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Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods

Official title

Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

Japan issued an addendum on 28 January 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/JPN/1339. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 19 May 2025. The comment period closed on 31 July 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Natural honey; Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers; Edible fruit and peel of citrus fruit; Mate and spices

HS codes
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0409 Natural honey.
All 28 codes
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 0702 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled.
    • 0703 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled
    • 0704 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled
    • 0705 Lettuce 'Lactuca sativa' and chicory 'Cichorium spp.', fresh or chilled
    • 0706 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled
    • 0707 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled.
    • 0709 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled (excl. potatoes, tomatoes, alliaceous vegetables, edible brassicas, lettuce 'Lactuca sativa' and chicory 'Cichorium spp.'…
    • 0710 Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 0804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
    • 0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
    • 0806 Grapes, fresh or dried
    • 0807 Melons, incl. watermelons, and papaws 'papayas', fresh
    • 0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
    • 0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches incl. nectarines, plums and sloes, fresh
    • 0810 Fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, back, white or red currants, gooseberries and other edible fruits (excl. nuts, bananas, dates, figs…
    • 0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
    • 0814 Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative…
  • 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
    • 0903 Maté.
    • 0904 Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta
    • 0905 Vanilla
    • 0906 Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers
    • 0907 Cloves, whole fruit, cloves and stems
    • 0908 Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms
    • 0909 Seeds of anis, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries
    • 0910 Ginger, saffron, turmeric 'curcuma', thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices (excl. pepper of the genus Piper, fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus…
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds and…
    • 1212 Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other…
Notifying member
Japan
Status
Adopted, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/JPN/1339Latest notice: G/SPS/N/JPN/1339/Add.2
Keywords
Food safety, Human health, Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Modification of final date for comments, Modification of content/scope of regulation, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 31 July 2025
Proposed adoption
As soon as possible after the final date of the comment period.
Proposed entry into force
These proposed standards will take effect after a certain period of grace.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/JPN/1339/Add.2⁩, 28 January 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.

Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)

The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Polyoxin complex notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1339 (dated 19 May 2025) and G/SPS/N/JPN/1339/Add.1 (dated 23 July 2025) were adopted and published on 18 September 2025. The specified MRLs are available as below:

Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide: Polyoxin complex.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/JPN/1339/Add.2

    Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)

    The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Polyoxin complex notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1339 (dated 19 May 2025) and G/SPS/N/JPN/1339/Add.1 (dated 23 July 2025) were adopted and published on 18 September 2025. The specified MRLs are available as below:

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

  2. AddendumG/SPS/N/JPN/1339/Add.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 31 July 2025

    Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

    This addendum is issued to modify the NOTE of 'The uniform limit 0.01 ppm will be applied to commodities not listed above.' described in the attached file of notification G/SPS/N/JPN/1339 dated 19 May 2025 as follows: 'Not the uniform limit of 0.01 ppm but the regulation that foods shall not contain any antibiotics or chemically synthesized substances will be applied to the commodities for which MRLs are not listed above, since this substance is considered to be an antibiotic or chemically synthesized antibacterial substance.'.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

  3. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/JPN/1339

    Comment deadline: Closed on 18 July 2025

    Revision of the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

    Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide: Polyoxin complex.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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