Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Standards of Feed and Feed Additives (Amendment of an agricultural chemical residue standard).

Regular notification 2020-07-01
G/SPS/N/JPN/763

Description

Proposal for the amendments of the Extraneous Maximum Residue Limit maximum limits (EMRLs) for the pesticide: Heptachlor.Commodity (for feed)                        Proposed MRL(mg/kg)    Current MRL(mg/kg)Compound feed for cattle, sheep,                  0.02                             0.02  goat or deerCompound feed for pig                                 0.02                             0.02Compound feed for chicken or quail               0.02                             0.02Rice straw                                                   0.02                               -Rice whole crop silage                                  0.02                               -Unprocessed rice                                         0.02                               -
Residue definition for enforcement: Sum of heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide

Keywords

Food safety; Maximum residue limits (MRLs); Animal feed; Human health; Pesticides