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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 17 June 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/JPN/1366. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 22 September 2025. The comment period closed on 21 November 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Natural honey; Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers; Edible fruit

HS codes
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0409 Natural honey.
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled
    • 0702 Tomatoes, 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
    • 0707 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled.
    • 0710 Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen
All 9 codes
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 0806 Grapes, fresh or dried
    • 0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
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/1366Latest notice: G/SPS/N/JPN/1366/Add.1
Keywords
Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Food safety, Human health, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 21 November 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/1366/Add.1⁩, 17 June 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 Ethaboxam notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1366 (dated 22 September 2025) were adopted and published on 16 December 2025.

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

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/1366/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 Ethaboxam notified in G/SPS/N/JPN/1366 (dated 22 September 2025) were adopted and published on 16 December 2025.

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/JPN/1366

    Comment deadline: Closed on 21 November 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: Ethaboxam.

Sources

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