WTO notification · TBT
JapanProposed measure, not in force yet
Official title
Proposed revision of Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives.
Japan notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 30 September 2026.
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Published here:
Guanidinoacetic acid as a feed additive
The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/JPN/917; it forwards comments to Japan.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)MAFF will amend the standard for method of manufacture of feeds in general stipulated in 'Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives' (Ordinance No. 35 of 24 July 1976 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). With this amendment, Guanidinoacetic acid imported into Japan as a feed additive will be permitted for use at a maximum inclusion level of 0.12% in feed for pigs and all chickens except hens, thereby increasing the maximum permitted level and expanding the scope of authorized animal species.
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