Japanese Newly Revised MRLs for Pesticides and Veterinary Drugs in Food [Historical Resources Included]

Editor's Note: This article summarizes the changes in Japanese pesticides and veterinary drugs residues, as per the latest developments. Previous contents can be seen at the bottom of the article.

On February 14, 2023, Japan MHLW released an amendment to Specification and Standards for Food, Food additives, Etc., stating that the maximum residue limits (MRLs) of seven pesticides have been revised. They are acynonapyr, trifloxystrobin, fenarimol, fenpyrazamine, fluxametamide, flonicamid, and penthiopyrad. The amendment became effective upon its publication on February 14, 2023, but there is a one-year transition period for the MRLs of the above seven pesticides in some foods. During the transition period, the previous standards are still applicable.

Seven pesticides:

Pesticide	Revision
Acynonapyr	Increased the MRLs for acynonapyr in 19 foods, among which the MRL in grape changed 200 times.
Trifloxystrobin	Raised the MRLs for trifloxystrobin in nine kinds of vegetables, such as cabbage and sweet potato. Greatly relaxed the MRL for trifloxystrobin in spinach, from 0.01 ppm to 20 ppm.
Fenarimol	Tightened the MRLs for fenarimol in 141 foods, such as tea and oyster. Newly stipulated fenarimol’s MRL in chili peppers as five ppm.
Fenpyrazamine	Reduced the MRLs for fenpyrazamine in 32 foods. MRLs in fruits showed the biggest change. For example, the MRLs in peach and apricot were relaxed from the original 0.01ppm to 4 ppm.
Fluxametamide	Slightly lowered the MRLs for fluxametamide in eight foods, such soybean, onion, and edamame. Increased the MRLs for fluxametamide in 32 foods. Notably, fluxametamide limits in some herb products were 2,000 times higher than before.
Flonicamid	Revised the MRLs for flonicamid in 83 foods, among which only the MRLs in peach and spice were dropped.
Penthiopyrad	Changed the MRLs for penthiopyrad in 17 foods, excluding meat products. Notably, MRLs in raspberry and blackberry were both 1000 times higher than before.
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Reference link

[1] Amendment to Specification and Standards for Food, Food additives, Etc.,

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November 22, 2022

On November 22, 2022, Japan MHLW issued an amendment to Specification and Standards for Food, Food additives, Etc., which mainly revised maximum residue limits (MRLs) for six pesticides and veterinary drugs. The amendment has come into force since its publication on November 22, 2022. However, the lower MRLs brought by this revision will be officially implemented on November 22, 2023, and enterprises can still follow the previous standards during the one-year transition period.

Six pesticides and veterinary drugs

Pesticide and veterinary drug	Revision
Etofenprox	Strictly controlled the MRLs for etofenprox in seven foods, including rice (brown rice), wheat, soybeans, pea, peanut, taro and Sweet potato. Especially for Brussels sprout, the MRL was changed from the original 2ppm to 0.01ppm. Increased the MRLs for etofenprox in 20 foods.
Tetraconazole	Raised the MRL for tetraconazole in tomato from 0.7 ppm to 0.6 ppm. Relaxed the MRLs for tetraconazole in 9 kinds of food.
Nicarbazin	Reduced the MRLs for nicarbazin in various edible parts related to chicken.
Fenpyroximate	Tightened MRLs for fenpyroximate in five foods, including soybean, cucumber, mango, cottonseed, and other cucurbitaceae vegetables. The MRLs for fenpyroximate in 36 foods were higher than before. Among them, the MRLs in celery and blackberry were 300 times as much as those of before.
Fluensulfone	Slightly lowered the MRLs for fluensulfone in sweet potato, komatsuna, cucumber and watermelon. Increased the MRLs for fluensulfone in 41 foods. Notably, fluensulfone limits in konjac and sugar beet were both 300 times higher than before.
Florasulam	The MRLs for florasulam in wheat, barley and secale cereale was newly set as 0.01 ppm.
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Besides, MHLW has opened a draft for public comments, which aims to revise residue amounts for nine pesticides, non-detectable pesticides, test methods and exempted substances. The formal amendment is expected to be notified in February 2023.

Reference link

[1] Amendment to Specification and Standards for Food, Food additives, Etc.,

[2] Draft revision for the amendment

[3] Assessment of the effects of food on health for DDAC, o-Dichlorobenzene and cloxacillin

[4] Assessment of the effects of food on health for florasulam

October 26, 2022

On October 26, 2022, Japan MHLW issued the Amendment No.138 to revise maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 11 pesticides and veterinary drugs. The amendment came into effect upon its publication on October 26. However, provisions on the MRLs for Afidopyropen, Cyantraniliprole, Cyfluthrin, Tetraniliprole, Picoxystrobin and Flufenoxuron in some foods have a one-year transition period.

11 Pesticides and Veterinary Drugs

Pesticide and veterinary drug	Food	Remark
Afidopyropen	Revising the MRLs in 28 kinds of foods, such as milk, spice, wheat, etc.,	MHLW increased the residue limit for Afidopyropen in most foods, especially Komatsuna (from 0.01ppm to 5ppm). However, the MRL in milk has become stricter, from the original 0.01ppm to 0.001ppm.
Cyantraniliprole	Revising the MRLs in 21 kinds of foods, such as strawberry, mango, pig, etc.,	In particular, the limit for Cyantraniliprole in Cryptotaenia japonica was greatly increased from 0.01ppm to 20 ppm, 20,000 times as much as that of before.
Cyfluthrin	Revising the MRLs in 164 kinds of foods, such as orange, melon, milk, etc.,	Only 15 foods have Cyfluthrin maximum levels lowered.
Tetraniliprole	Revising the MRLs in 47 kinds of foods, such as tea, beef, peach, etc.,	The limit for Tetraniliprole in Spinach had extremely increasing from 0.01ppm to 30ppm.
Picoxystrobin	Revising the MRLs in 10 kinds of food, such as Dioscorea japonica, Cabbage, Allium tuberosum, eyc.,	/
Flufenoxuron	Revising the MRLs in 50 kinds of food, such as egg, apple, celery, etc.,	Enterprises shall pay attention to the “tree onion”, in which the MRL for Flufenoxuron must not exceed 0.01 ppm, even 1000 times than the previous.
Pencycuron	Revising the MRLs in 12 kinds of foods, such as milk, fat, muscle, etc.,	/
Lubabegron	Revising edible parts of cattle	The MRL for Lubabegron in edible parts of cattle shall not over 0.2 ppm.
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Notably, Ampicillin, Bacitracin and Phenoxymethylpenicillin are regulated as antibiotics. Only the foods listed in the table are allowed to have their specified residue.

Ampicillin	35 kinds of food including milk, honey and fish, etc.
Bacitracin	28 kinds of food including milk, eggs and edible parts of cows, etc.
Phenoxymethylpenicillin	5 kinds of food including fat/muscles, and edible parts of pigs, etc.

In addition, the amendment added "abscisic acid" as an exempted substance. From the results of various toxicity tests, no problematic toxicity findings were observed due to exposure to abscisic acid (ABA for short) via food. ABA is a plant hormone distributed in plants and has been widely used. Therefore, Japanese Food Safety Commission (JFSC) believed that abscisic acid, as a pesticide, would not harm human health as long as it was used normally follow the available methods of use.

Reference link

[1] MHLW amendment 1026

August 30, 2022

On August 30, 2022, Japan MHLW released an amendment to Specification and Standards for Food, Food additives, Etc., which mainly revised the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for seven pesticides and veterinary drugs and formulated the specifications for potassium bicarbonate as an additive. The amendment became effective upon its publication on August 30.

Seven pesticides and veterinary drugs

Pesticide and veterinary drug	Food	Remark
Etoxazole	8 kinds of foods, such as spinach, loquat, orange.	In particular, the limit for Etoxazole in spinach is greatly increased from 0.01ppm to 20 ppm, 20,000 times as much as that of before.
Triflumizole	13 kinds of foods, such as onion, eggplant, strawberry.	/
1-Naphthaleneacetic acid	5 kinds of foods: mango, orange, melon, the fruit of amanatsu, and other spice.	/
Flometoquin	5 kinds of foods: orange, cucumber, cucumber (including Gherkin), other asteraceae vegetables, other Solanaceae vegetables, and other herb.	The limit for Flometoquin in other asteraceae vegetables (increased from 0.01ppm to 40ppm) becomes less restrictive.
Permethrin	5 kinds of foods: sugar beet, tomato, Grape, Avocado,and other brassicaceae vegetables.	/
Bentazone	160 kinds of foods, such as milk, cow muscle, date palm.	The MRLs for Bentazone in 137 kinds of food are lowered. Notably, the limit for bentazone in allium tuberosum becomes more stringent than before, changing from 2ppm to 0.01ppm.
Metominostrobin	Mango	The MRL for Metominostrobin in mango is greatly increased from 0.01ppm to 1 ppm, 100 times as much as that of before.
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There is still a one-year transition period for pesticides etoxazole, triflumizole, 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid, permethrin, and bentazone. Stakeholder shall pay attention to the effective time, and ensure the residue of pesticides in the food complies with Japanese regulatory requirements before export.

Additive

The amendment also pointed out that potassium bicarbonate would be added to Ordinance for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act Table 1, which collects additives that are considered by MHLW to pose no risk to human health.

In addition, the specifications for potassium bicarbonate have also been formulated, including ingredient content, character, confirmation tests, etc. Moreover, it is stipulated that potassium bicarbonate can only be used for grape juice and food in wine making.

Reference link

[1] MHLW notification No.256

August 10, 2022

On August 10, 2022, Japan MHLW released an amendment to Specification and Standards for Food, Food additives, Etc. According to the amendment, MHLW revised the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for seven pesticides and veterinary drugs, and defined benzoic acid as an exempted substance. The amendment came into effect immediately after the promulgation.

Seven pesticides and veterinary drugs

Pesticide and veterinary drug	Food	Remark
Spinosad	19 kinds of foods, such as Napa cabbage, Celery, Immature peas, Huckleberry, Tea.	The MRLs for Spinosad in these foods are slightly down, excluding Immature peas, Huckleberry, and Tea.
Sulfoxaflor	63 kinds of foods, such as Rice (brown rice), Wheat, Soy bean, Adzuki bean, Konjac.	The MRLs for Sulfoxaflor in these all 63 foods have been increased.
Pyraflufen-ethyl	50 kinds of foods, such as Rice (brown rice), Soy bean, Potato, Konjac, Daikon (including radish) Root and Leaves.	The limit levels of Pyraflufen-ethyl in these 50 kinds of food are decreased.
Pyrantel and Morantel	16 kinds of foods, such as Liver of cattle, Liver of pigs, The liver of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals, Cow muscle, milk.	It is noteworthy that MHLW relaxed the requirements for the MRLs related to cow.
Benthiavalicarb-isopropyl	2 kinds of foods: Oriental melon (including pericarp) and spice.	The MHLW raised the MRLs of Benthiavalicarb-isopropyl in Oriental melon from 0.01 ppm to 0.5 ppm. In spice, the limit level changed from 5ppm to 6ppm.
Polyoxorim-zinc	37 kinds of foods, such as Rice (brown rice), Napa cabbage, Onion, Green onion (including leek), Garlic.	The limit levels of Polyoxorim-zinc in these 37 kinds of food are decreased.
Polyoxin complex	17 kinds of foods, such as Rice (brown rice), Carrot, Parsley, Celery, Cryptotaenia japonica.	The MRLs for Pyrantel and Morantel in 10 foods become lower.
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In addition, provisions on the MRLs of Spinosad, Sulfoxaflor and Pyraflufen-ethyl in some foods have a one-year transition period. Besides, for Pyrantel and Morantel, Polyoxorim-zinc and Polyoxin complex, the previous provisions are still applicable within one year from the date of promulgation.

Exempted substances

Up to now, MHLW has designated 75 exempted substances that do not harm human health even if they remain in the food. The newest one was benzoic acid, which was designated as the No. 75 exempted substance on August 10, 2022 by MHLW.

According to the food safety risk assessment result by the Japanese Food Safety Commission (JFSC), there is no particular need to consider the acceptable daily intake of benzoic acid as a feed additive, and it is clear that there is no risk of harming human health by remaining in food as long as it is normally used as a feed additive.

Reference link

[1] MHLW amendment 0810

[2] Exempted substances list

May 20, 2022

On May 20, 2022, Japan MHLW released an amendment to the Standards and Criteria for Food and Food Additives, etc. According to the amendment, the maximum residue limits (MRLs) of Uniconazole P, Oxathiapiprolin, Cadusafos, Pyribencarb, Fenazaquin, Broflanilide, Pendimethalin were revised, involving 116 kinds of food. The raised MRLs have come into force since its publication on May 20, 2022, while the rest will have a one-year transition period.

The details are shown in the tables below.

Uniconazole P:

Food	After (ppm)	Before (ppm)
Rice (brown rice)	0.02	0.1
Sugar beet, Cabbage, Strawberry	0.05	0.1
Brussels sprout	0.01	0.1
Tomato	0.05	0.01

Oxathiapiprolin:

Food	After (ppm)	Before (ppm)
Peach (including pericarp and seeds)	0.07	0.01
Strawberry	0.4	0.01
Blueberry, Huckleberry	0.5	0.01
Banana, Avocado, Mango	0.1	0.01
Hops	5	0.01

The MRL of Oxathiapiprolin in hops was greatly increased from 0.01ppm to 5 ppm.

Cadusafos:

Food	After (ppm)	Before (ppm)
Potato	0.02	0.03
Burdock	0.3	0.5
Other Asteraceae vegetables	5	0.01
Spinach	0.05	0.1
Strawberry	0.03	0.05

The MRL of Cadusafos in the other Asteraceae vegetables (Asteraceae vegetables other than burdock, Tragopogon porrifolius, artichoke, chicory, endive, garland chrysanthemum, lettuce [including salad vegetables] and herbs) has been increased from 0.01ppm to 5ppm.

Pyribencarb:

Food	After (ppm)	Before (ppm)
Lettuce (including salad vegetables)	30	20
Other Asteraceae vegetables	5	0.01
Garlic	0.1	0.01
Carrot	0.6	0.7
Watermelon	/	0.2
Watermelon (including pericarp)	0.3	/
Melon	/	0.1
Melon (including pericarp)	2	/
Okra	2	0.01
Orange	/	0.3
Oranges (including outer pericarp)	5	/
Peach	/	0.5
Peach (including pericarp and seeds)	3	/
Strawberry	8	5
Grape	4	2

The MRL of Pyribencarb in the other Asteraceae vegetables was also changed from 0.01ppm to 5ppm.

Fenazaquin:

Food	After (ppm)	Before (ppm)
Cucumber (including Gherkin), Pumpkin (including squash), Oriental pickling melon, Watermelon (including pericarp), Melon (including pericarp), Oriental melon (including pericarp), Other Cucurbitaceae vegetables	0.3	0.01
Immature peas, Immature beans, Edamame, Other vegetables, Oranges (including outer pericarp), The fruit of amanatsu, Lemon, Orange (including navel orange), Grapefruit, Lime, Other citrus fruits	0.4	0.01
Peach (including pericarp and seeds), Nectarine, Apricots, Prunus salicina (including prune), Japanese apricot, Strawberry, Blueberry, Cranberry, Other berry, Other fruits	2	0.01
Raspberry, Blackberry, Grape, Passiflora edulis	0.7	0.01
Ginkgo nuts, Castanea crenata, Pecan, Walnut, Other nuts	0.02	0.01
Huckleberry	0.8	0.01
Avocado, Pineapple	0.2	0.01
Hops	30	0.01
Other spice	0.4	0.01

The MRL of Fenazaquin was greatly adjusted in the recent revision. As shown in the table above, the limits of Fenazaquin in 10 kinds of food is 200 times as much as that of before. Moreover, the limit in hops is even 3000 times higher than the previous one.

Broflanilide:

The MHLW raised the MRL of Broflanilide in potatoes from 0.01 ppm to 0.04 ppm.

Pendimethalin:

Food	After (ppm)	Before (ppm)
taro	0.01	0.2
Rice (brown rice), Konjac, Edamame	0.02	0.2
Banana	0.02	0.05
The fruit of amanatsu, Lemon, Orange (including navel orange), Grapefruit, Lime, Other citrus fruits	0.03	0.05
Milk	0.03	0.01
Wheat, Corn, Soy bean, Peanut, Potato, Dioscorea japonica (Dioscorea polystachya), Cabbage, Brussels sprout, Onion, Garlic	0.05	0.2
Other cereal, Pea, Vicia faba, Other legumes, Saccharum officinarum, Other vegetables, Apple, Japanese pear, European pear, Grape, Sunflower seeds, Cottonseed	0.05	0.1
Watermelon (including pericarp), Melon (including pericarp), Hops, Other spice, Liver of cattle, Liver of pigs, The liver of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals, Cow kidney, Kidney of pig, Kidney of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals, Edible parts of cattle, Edible parts of pigs, Edible parts of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals	0.05	0.01
Celery	0.09	0.01
Rye	0.1	0.2
Other asteraceae vegetables, asparagus	0.1	0.05
Turnip root	0.2	0.05
Cow muscle, Pig muscles, Animal muscles belonging to other terrestrial mammals	0.2	0.01
Daikon (including radish) Leaves, Turnip leaf, Watercress, Komatsuna, Mizuna, Bok choy, Other Brassicaceae vegetables	0.3	0.05
Napa cabbage	0.3	0.2
Other herb, Cow fat, Pig fat, Fat of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals	0.3	0.01
Green onion (including leek)	0.4	0.2
Tree onion, Other Liliaceae vegetables	0.4	0.05
Kale	0.5	0.05
Carrot	0.5	0.2
Lettuce (including salad vegetables)	4	0.2
Other potatoes, Daikon (including radish) Root, Horseradish, Chicory, Endive, Glebionis coronaria, Oyster	0.01	0.05
Orange	/	0.05
Oranges (including outer pericarp)	0.03	/
Loquat	/	0.05
loquat (excluding peduncle,including pericarp and seeds)	0.05	/
Peach	/	0.05
Peach (including pericarp and seeds)	0.05	/
kiwi	/	0.05
kiwi (including pericarp)	0.02	/

Reference Links

[1] MHLW amendment 0520

March 17, 2022

On March 17, 2022, Japan MHLW released the amendment to Food and Food Additive Specification Standard. According to the amendment, the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Clethodim, Fluazinam, Flutianil, Propargite, Mandipropamid, Metamifop were revised, involving 36 kinds of food. The amendment came into effect immediately after the promulgation.

The details are shown in the table below.

Pesticide and veterinary drug	Food	After (ppm)	Before (ppm)
Clethodim (Herbicides)	Watermelon (including pericarp), Melon (including pericarp), Oriental melon (including pericarp)	2	0.01
Clethodim (Herbicides)	Other spice	0.1	0.01
Fluazinam (Fungicides/Acaricide)	Sweet potato	0.03	0.01
	Loquat, loquat (excluding peduncle,including pericarp and seeds)	3	2
	Peach (including pericarp and seeds)	1	0.7
	Japanese apricot	0.2	0.1
	Guava	0.01	4
	Tea	6	5
Flutianil (Fungicides)	Parsley	5	0.01
	Tomato	0.2	0.3
	Bell pepper	0.3	0.01
	Eggplant	0.1	0.2
	Cucumber (including Gherkin)	0.09	0.2
	Pumpkin (including squash)	0.06	0.2
	Watermelon	0.01	0.05
	Other Cucurbitaceae vegetables	0.2	0.01
	Other vegetables	10	0.01
	Strawberry	0.3	0.5
Propargite (Acaricide)	Orange	/	0.2
	Oranges (including outer pericarp)	4	/
	The fruit of amanatsu, Lemon, Orange (including navel orange), Grapefruit, Lime, Other citrus fruits	5	3
	Peach	/	0.1
	Peach (including pericarp and seeds)	5	/
	Prunus salicina (including prune)	5	4
	Corn powder	/	0.2
	Corn oil (limited to edible corn oil specified in the Japanese Agricultural Standards for edible vegetable oils and fats, and edible oils that are recognized to have a standard equal to or higher than this.)	/	0.5
	Corn oil (excludes edible corn oil stipulated in the Japanese Agricultural Standards for edible vegetable oils and fats, and edible oils that are recognized to have a standard equal to or higher than this.)	/	0.7
	Peanut oil (limited to refined peanut oil specified in the Japanese Agricultural Standards for edible vegetable oils and fats, and edible oils that are recognized to have a standard equal to or higher than this.)	/	0.3
	Peanut oil (excludes refined peanut oil stipulated in the Japanese Agricultural Standards for edible vegetable oils and fats, and edible oils that are recognized to have a standard equal to or higher than this.)	/	0.3
	Orange juice	/	0.3
	Apple juice	/	0.2
Mandipropamid (Fungicides)	Potato	0.1	0.09
	Green onion (including leek)	4	7
	Tomato	3	2
	Oriental pickling melon	0.5	0.3
	Watermelon	/	0.2
	Watermelon (including pericarp)	0.2	/
	Melon	/	0.01
	Melon (including pericarp)	0.5	/
	Oriental melon	/	0.01
	Oriental melon (including pericarp)	0.5	/
	Immature beans	1	0.01
	Edamame	3	2
	Orange	/	0.3
	Oranges (including outer pericarp)	3	/
	Cocoa beans	0.06	0.01
Metamifop (Herbicides)	Rice (brown rice)	0.03	0.02
	Cow fat, Fat of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals	0.03	0.01
	Fish and shellfish	0.02	0.01

It is worth noting that this revision has significantly revised the limit requirements for the pesticide Fluazinam and Flutianil. As shown in the table above, the level for Fluazinam in guava was decreased from 4ppm to 0.01ppm, which is much more stringent than before. On the contrary, the limit for Flutiani in tea (increased from 0.01ppm to 5ppm) became less restrictive.

In addition, provisions on the MRLs of four pesticides in the following foods have a one-year transition period. During the period, the previous provisions are still applicable.

Pesticide	Foods
Fluazinam	Guava
Flutianil	Tomato, Eggplant, Cucumber (including Gherkin), Pumpkin (including squash), Watermelon, Strawberry
Propargite	Orange, Oranges (including outer pericarp), Peach, Peach (including pericarp and seeds)
Mandipropamid	Green onion (including leek), Watermelon, Watermelon (including pericarp), Melon, Melon (including pericarp), Oriental melon, Oriental melon (including pericarp), Orange, Oranges (including outer pericarp)

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[1] Amendment 20220317

February 25, 2022

On February 25, 2022, Japan MHLW released the amendment to Food and Food Additive Specification Standard, which mainly revised the residue limits of nine pesticides and veterinary drugs. They are Albendazol, Captan, Cyazofamid, Cypermethrin, Zeranol, Pyriofenone, Fluoxastrobin, Procymidone, Mandestrobin. The amendment came into effect immediately after the promulgation.

The main changes are shown in the table below.

Pesticide and veterinary drug	Food	After (ppm)	Before (ppm)
Albendazol	Fish and shellfish (limited to Perciformes fish)	0.03	0.01
Captan	Watermelon (including pericarp)	3	2
	Melon (including pericarp)	20	15
	Okra	0.05	0.01
	Japanese pear, European pear	15	10
	Quince	9	10
	Walnut	0.5	0.01
Cyazofamid	Watercress	15	10
	Green onion (including leek)	6	2
	Allium tuberosum	6	0.01
	Tree onion	6	5
	Other liliaceae vegetables	10	3
	...
Cypermethrin	Kale	6	1.0
	Tea	15	20
	Hops	0.01	20
	Milk	0.1	0.05
	...
Zeranol	Animal muscles/fat belonging to other terrestrial mammals	0.002	0.02
Zeranol	The liver of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals, Cow kidney, Kidney of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals, Edible parts of cattle, Edible parts of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals	0.01	0.02
Pyriofenone	Other solanaceae vegetables	5	0.01
	Pumpkin (including squash)	0 . 6	0 . 7
	Oriental pickling melon	0 . 2	0.01
	Watermelon	/	0 . 0 5
	Watermelon (including pericarp)	0 . 3	/
	Melon	0 . 0 7	0 . 2
	Oriental melon (including pericarp)	0.2	0.01
	Cranberry	0 . 5	0.01
	Grape	4	3
	Oyster	1	0.7
	kiwi (including pericarp)	2	0.01
	Guava	0.01	2
Fluoxastrobin	Barley	0.4	0.01
	Corn, Pig muscles	0.02	0.01
	Other cereal,Grape	2	0.01
	Liver/kidney/ edible parts of pigs	0.06	0.01
	Apple	1	0.01
	Japanese pear, European pear	0.6	0.01
	Brassica rapa	0.7	0.01
	Cow muscle, Soy bean	0.05	0.01
	Pig fat, Milk	0.03	0.01
	Cow fat	0.1	0.01
	Wheat, Adzuki bean, Pea, Vicia faba, Other legumes, Liver/kidney/ edible parts of cows	0.2	0.01
Procymidone	Soy bean, Eggplant	3	2
	Adzuki bean	5	3
	Tomato	4	3
	Bell pepper	10	5
	The fruit of amanatsu	2	0.01
	Lemon, Orange (including navel orange), Grapefruit, Lime, Other citrus fruits	5	0.01
	Other spice	30	25
	...
Mandestrobin	Cauliflower, Broccoli	7	0.01
	Glebionis coronaria	90	50
	Onion	0.05	0.01
	Bell pepper	6	0.01
	Other solanaceae vegetables	10	0.01
	Spinach	0.3	0.01
	Strawberry	6	3
	...
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It is noteworthy that the requirements for MRLs of hops in cypermethrin, and guava in pyriofenone greatly tightened. However, some pesticides are subject to higher residue limits (which means the requirements are less strict), such as the mandestrobin in cauliflower, broccoli and other solanaceae vegetables.

In addition, provisions on the MRLs of seven pesticides in the following foods have a one-year transition period. During the period, the previous provisions are still applicable.

Pesticide	Food
Captan	Quince
Cyazofamid	Watermelon, Watermelon (including pericarp), Melon, Melon (including pericarp), Oriental melon, Oriental melon (including pericarp), Orange, Oranges (including outer pericarp), Peach, Peach (including pericarp and seeds)
Cypermethrin	Rice (brown rice), Soba, Adzuki bean, Pea, Potato, taro, Dioscorea japonica (Dioscorea polystachya), Konjac, Other potatoes, Saccharum officinarum, Turnip root, Turnip leaf, Horseradish, Watercress, Napa cabbage, Burdock, Tragopogon, Artichoke, Chicory, Endive, Glebionis coronaria, Onion...
Zeranol	Animal muscles/fat/liver/kidney belonging to other terrestrial mammals, Edible parts of cattle, Edible parts of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals
Pyriofenone	Pumpkin (including squash), Watermelon, Watermelon (including pericarp),Melon, and Guava
Procymidone	Watermelon, Watermelon (including pericarp),Melon, Melon (including pericarp), Orange, Oranges (including outer pericarp), Loquat, loquat (excluding peduncle,including pericarp and seeds), Peach, Peach (including pericarp and seeds), kiwi, kiwi (including pericarp)
Mandestrobin	Watermelon, Watermelon (including pericarp),Melon, Melon (including pericarp), Peach, Peach (including pericarp and seeds)

Reference Links

[1] MHLW amendment 20220225

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