On June 3, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that it plans to designate benzoic acid (a substance added to feed to promote the efficient use of nutrients) as a new feed additive.  Specifically, the Provincial Decree on the Composition Specifications of Feed and Feed Additives has been amended as follows:  
   
· Table 1-1- (1) : The content of benzoic acid in the feed should be less than 0.5%;  
   
· table 1-1- (2) : benzoic acid can only be used in feeds for pigs (piglets) less than 70kg;  
   
· Table 2-8: Benchmark and ingredient specifications for manufacturing method of benzoic acid newly added.  
   
The above content is now open to public comments. The deadline for comments is July 2, 2022.