Proposed revision of Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives

Regular notification 2025-07-07
G/SPS/N/JPN/1353

Description

MAFF will revise the standard for method of manufacture of feeds in general stipulated in the "Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives" (Ordinance No. 35 of 24 July 1976 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). With this amendment, benzoic acid imported into Japan as a feed additive will be allowed to use for pig feeds regardless of pigs’ body weight.

Keywords

Human health; Animal health; Food safety; Animal diseases