Japan MRLs Published

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Scott C. Lucas|15 March 2006

Following the risk assessment of a provisional MRL, an official MRL will be established and added to the "positive list." After the implementation date, foods containing residues beyond the MRL levels on the positive list will be regarded as violations of the Food Sanitation Law and will be prohibited from being sold or used as food in Japan.

MHLW established a uniform limit of 0.01 ppm, which will be the maximum allowable limit for combinations of chemicals and commodities that have no official or provisional MRLs. MHLW also listed 15 chemicals for which no residues may be detected because of high human health risks and 65 substances used as agricultural chemicals for exemption from the regulation.

For the full version of Japan’s "positive list," visit MHLW’s web site.

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