15 January 2020|In Legal Update, News

Japan: MRLs Update

The Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 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).

As for nuts and dried fruits, the following MRL was proposed:
 
  • The MRL for Prothiofos in peanuts, dry, is lowered from 0.05 ppm to 0.02 ppm.
 
The deadline for comments is February 4, 2020.
 
For further information, please contact us at inc@nutfruit.org.

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