The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has notified the World Trade Organization of the Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards).
The document proposes changes to the following maximum residue levels (MRL) in nuts and dried fruits:
- The MRL for nitenpyram in peanuts, pecan, walnut, almond and other nuts is lowered from 0.03 ppm to 0.01 ppm and in apricot, cranberry and date is lowered from 5 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for paclobutrazol in apricot and almond is lowered from 0.05 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for isoxathion in peanuts is lowered from 0.05 ppm to 0.02 ppm and in apricot, cranberry, grape, date, pecan, walnut, almond and other nuts is lowered from 0.2 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for glyphosate in grape is increased from 0.2 ppm to 0.5 ppm.
- The MRL for clethodim in almond is lowered from 0.5 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
The deadline for comments is July 15, 2017.
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