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Cereals – Japan

Official title

Fenitrothion: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)

Japan issued an addendum on 15 January 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/JPN/1351. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 1 July 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Oats, barley, wheat, milo and rye for feed

HS codes
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 1001 Wheat and meslin
    • 1002 Rye
    • 1003 Barley
    • 1004 Oats
    • 1007 Grain sorghum
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/1351Latest notice: G/SPS/N/JPN/1351/Add.1
Keywords
Food safety, Human health, 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
September 2025
Proposed entry into force
Amendments of the MRLs will enter into force at the date of publication.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/JPN/1351/Add.1⁩, 15 January 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.

Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Fenitrothion)

The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Fenitrothion notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1351 (dated 1 July 2025) were adopted. These amendments have been published in 'KAMPO' (6 January 2026) (Official Government Gazette available in Japanese only). The date of entry into force: 6 January 2026 Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL (mg/kg) Current MRL (mg/kg) Oats 6 1 Barley 6 5 Wheat 15 10 Milo 6 1 Rye 6 1 Note: - Residue definition for enforcement: Fenitrothion.

Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Fenitrothion. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg) Oats 6 1 Barley 6 5 Wheat 15 10 Milo 6 1 Rye 6 1 Note: - Residue definition for enforcement: Fenitrothion.

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/1351/Add.1

    Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Fenitrothion)

    The proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Fenitrothion notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1351 (dated 1 July 2025) were adopted. These amendments have been published in 'KAMPO' (6 January 2026) (Official Government Gazette available in Japanese only). The date of entry into force: 6 January 2026 Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL (mg/kg) Current MRL (mg/kg) Oats 6 1 Barley 6 5 Wheat 15 10 Milo 6 1 Rye 6 1 Note: - Residue definition for enforcement: Fenitrothion.

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/JPN/1351

    Fenitrothion: Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard)

    Proposal for the amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: Fenitrothion. Commodity (for feed) Proposed MRL(mg/kg) Current MRL(mg/kg) Oats 6 1 Barley 6 5 Wheat 15 10 Milo 6 1 Rye 6 1 Note: - Residue definition for enforcement: Fenitrothion.

Sources

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