On May 13, 2021, Japan MHLW announced to revise the maximum residue limits (MRL) of 5 pesticides and veterinary drug stipulated in the "Standards and Criteria for Food and Food Additives, etc. ". They are Chlorpyrifos, Diethofencarb, Deltamethrin and Tralomethrin, Pymetrozine, and Myclobutanil. The changes came into effect after the promulgation.
However, the MRL of the substances in some food will be effective one year after the promulgation, which are shown in the table below. (Feel free to contact ChemLinked if you need the full list).
Pesticide | Food Category | Example | ||
Food | After (ppm) | Before (ppm) | ||
Chlorpyrifos | Rice(brown rice), wheat, beans, vegetables, fruits, nuts, meat.,etc.(78 kinds of food in total) | Rice(brown rice) | 0.01 | 0.1 |
Barley | 0.01 | 0.2 | ||
Soy bean | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||
Cabbage | 0.01 | 0.05 | ||
Orange | / | 1 | ||
Walnut | 0.05 | 0.2 | ||
Cow fat | 0.05 | 1 | ||
Diethofencarb | Beans, vegetables, fruits,,etc.(31 kinds of food in total) | Soy bean | 0.05 | 0.1 |
Eggplant | 2 | 5 | ||
Grapefruit | 2 | 5 | ||
Deltamethrin and Tralomethrin | Beans,fruits.,etc.(14 kinds of food in total) | Immature peas | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Watermelon | / | 0.02 | ||
Pymetrozine | Rice(brown rice), beans, vegetables, fruits.,etc.(18 kinds of food in total) | Rice (brown rice) | O.05 | 0.1 |
Soy bean | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||
Cucumber (including Gherkin) | 0.5 | 1 | ||
European pear | 0.05 | 0.1 | ||
Myclobutanil | Wheat, vegetables, fruits, meat, milk and dairy products.,etc.(66 kinds of food in total). | Wheat | 0.01 | 0.3 |
Pumpkin (including squash) | 0.2 | 1 | ||
Grape | 0.9 | 1 | ||
Cow muscle | 0.01 | 0.03 | ||
milk | 0.01 | 0.09 | ||
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