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As revealed on Sep. 21, 2018, Japan MHLW announced its amendment of requirements regarding pesticide and veterinary drug residue in “Food and food additive quality specification”, which mainly involves the following 3 aspects.
MRL revision
The maximum residue limit (MRL) of orbifloxacin, kanamycin, fludioxonil and methylprednisolone were revised, and the MRL for triflumezopyrim was newly included. Generally speaking, the MRLs of pesticides and veterinary drug are much more stringent than previous ones.
Item | Application scope | Maximum residue limit | |
Prior to revision (ppm) | After revision (ppm) | ||
Veterinary drug | |||
Orbifloxacin | beef | 0.09 | 0.02 |
beef fat | 0.6 | 0.02 | |
Bovine liver | 0.2 | 0.02 | |
Bovine kidney | 0.4 | 0.02 | |
Edible parts of bovine | 0.4 | 0.02 | |
Milk | 0.2 | 0.02 | |
Kanamycin (only partial scopes concerning revision are listed in the right) | Bovine liver | 1 | 0.04 |
Bovine kidney | 13 | 0.04 | |
Edible parts of bovine | 13 | 0.04 | |
Chicken | 0.2 | 0．5 | |
Methylprednisolone (only partial scopes concerning revision are listed in the right) | beef |
| 0.01 |
beef fat |
| 0.01 | |
Pesticides | |||
Fludioxonil | Rice | 0.02 | 0.05 |
Potato | 6 | 0.02 | |
Newly included | |||
Triflumezopyrim | Rice | 0.01 |
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These revisions came into effect after the date of promulgation, but those items highlighted in red subject to a grace period until Mar.21, 2019.
Scope expansion
The application scope of fludioxonil has been expanded when it is used for mold prevention
expanded scope | MRL g/kg |
butyrospermum parkii | 0.005 |
Pineapple | 0.02 |
papaya | 0.005 |
Potato | 0.006 |
Mango | 0.005 |
MRL testing
Now the cocoa bean sample used for residue testing shall be peeled.
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