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JapanAdopted, according to its latest notice

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/1343. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 19 May 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Meat and edible meat offal; Dairy produce and birds' eggs; Animal originated products; Animal fats and oils

HS codes
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0207 Meat and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0209 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0401 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
    • 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
    • 0408 Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not…
  • 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0504 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.
All 9 codes
  • 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
    • 1501 Pig fat, incl. lard, and poultry fat, rendered or otherwise extracted (excl. lard stearin and lard oil)
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/1343Latest notice: G/SPS/N/JPN/1343/Add.1
Keywords
Human health, Food safety, Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
In due course.
Proposed entry into force
These proposed standards will take effect after a certain period.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/JPN/1343/Add.1⁩, 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 Dibutyl Succinate notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1343 (dated 19 May 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: Veterinary drug: Dibutyl Succinate.

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/1343/Add.1

    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 Dibutyl Succinate notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1343 (dated 19 May 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. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/JPN/1343

    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: Veterinary drug: Dibutyl Succinate.

    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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