Japan revising standards and specifications for foods and food additives under the food sanitation act (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) prospoes maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the Pesticide: Dimethenamid.

Products HS codes : 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.07, 02.08, 02.09, 04.01, 04.07, 04.08, 07.01, 07.03, 07.04, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13, 07.14, 08.07, 09.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.07, 10.08, 12.01, 12.02, 12.10, 12.12, 15.01, 15.02, 15.06

Products covered :  Meat and edible meat offal, Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey, Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons, Coffee, tea, mate and spices, Cereals, Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits, Animal or vegetable fats and oils

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): As soon as possible after the final date for the comment period.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): As soon as possible after the final date for the comment period.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): These proposed standards will take effect after a certain period of grace.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 28 September 2018. Comments only to updated MRLs (marked with black circles and white circles in attached annexes).

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