Japan proposes the deletion of MLRs for seven substances
On May 14, 2013, the Government of Japan (GOJ) announced the deletion of MRLs for 7 substances. The Embassy comment period for these changes will close on May 28, 2013. After that, however, there will be a domestic public comment period and a WTO notification by MHLW. These
will be other opportunities for interested parties to comment on this subject.
Any parties interested in submitting comments to MHLW should do so as soon as possible. In the case of MRL changes, if you are requesting that Japan adopt the same limits as the U.S. maximum residue limits, the request should be accompanied by data supporting U.S. MRLs, such as risk assessment and residue data. The information MHLW requires would include toxicity data for target chemicals, residue trial data that support the MRLs, and target food commodities. Please be advised that Limit of Quantification (LOQ) and Limit of Detection (LOD) data cannot be used as reference data to set up Japanese MRLs.
