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Food additives – Japan

Official title

Amendment to Regulations for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act and the Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, Etc. Under the Food Sanitation Act

Japan notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 9 November 2026.

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At a glance

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Food additives (Potassium Acetate)

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/1437
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
As soon as possible.
Proposed entry into force
As soon as possible after publication.

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JPN/1437; it forwards comments to Japan.

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What the notification says

Specifies Potassium Acetate as those unlikely to harm human health and Establishment to the standards for Potassium Acetate.

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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