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WTO notification · SPS

JapanProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

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 notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 16 February 2026. The comment period closed on 17 April 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers; Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit

HS codes
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 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
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 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
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 16 February 2026. Check WTO ePing or Japan for its current status.
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/JPN/1390
Keywords
Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Food safety, Human health

Key dates

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Comment deadline
Closed on 17 April 2026
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.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 17 April 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JPN/1390; it can take them up with Japan.

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What the notification says

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

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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