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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 notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 20 July 2026. The comment period closed on 18 September 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Aquatic animals and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates; Natural honey; Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers; Edible fruit

HS codes
  • 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    • 0302 Fish, fresh or chilled (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304)
    • 0303 Frozen fish (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304)
    • 0304 Fish fillets and other fish meat, whether or not minced, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0306 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, incl. crustaceans in shell cooked by steaming or…
    • 0307 Molluscs, fit for human consumption, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
    • 0308 Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0409 Natural honey.
All 31 codes
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled
    • 0703 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled
    • 0706 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled
    • 0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, 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
    • 0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 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
    • 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…
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 1001 Wheat and meslin
    • 1002 Rye
    • 1003 Barley
    • 1004 Oats
    • 1005 Maize or corn
    • 1007 Grain sorghum
    • 1008 Buckwheat, millet, canary seed and other cereals (excl. wheat and meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice and grain sorghum)
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 1206 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken.
    • 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…
Notifying member
Japan
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/JPN/1418
Keywords
Food safety, Human health, Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 18 September 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 18 September 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/1418; 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: Prosulfocarb.

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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