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WTO notification · SPS

JapanProposed measure, open for comments

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 30 October 2026. Comments are open until 29 December 2026.

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Products

Meat and edible meat offal (HS: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.08 and 02.09); Aquatic animals and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06, 03.07 and 03.08); Dairy produce and natural honey (HS: 04.01 and 04.09); Animal originated products (

HS codes
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
    • 0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
    • 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0205 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen.
    • 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0208 Meat and edible offal of rabbits, hares, pigeons and other animals, fresh, chilled or frozen (excl. of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses…
    • 0209 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
All 47 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
    • 0401 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
    • 0409 Natural honey.
  • 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.
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 0702 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled.
    • 0707 Cucumbers and gherkins, 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
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 0801 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
    • 0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled (excl. coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts)
    • 0804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
    • 0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
    • 0806 Grapes, fresh or dried
    • 0807 Melons, incl. watermelons, and papaws 'papayas', fresh
    • 0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
    • 0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches incl. nectarines, plums and sloes, fresh
    • 0810 Fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, back, white or red currants, gooseberries and other edible fruits (excl. nuts, bananas, dates, figs…
    • 0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
    • 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
    • 0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured
    • 0903 Maté.
    • 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…
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 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…
    • 1210 Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin
  • 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)
    • 1502 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excl. oil and oleostearin)
    • 1506 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
Notifying member
Japan
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/JPN/1435
Keywords
Food safety, Human health, Maximum residue limits (MRLs)

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 29 December 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

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 29 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JPN/1435 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Japan.

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What the notification says

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

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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