On September 14, 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued Proposal No. 495230156 to revise the specification standard for food and food additives. The main contents are:

(1) Prepare and revise the maximum residue limits of various agricultural and veterinary drugs such as isomylurea in some foods, as shown in the following table;

(2) Remove all current limits of two veterinary drugs, Clostebol and Tribromsalan, in food and change them to a uniform standard (0.01mg/kg);

(3) To exempt Bismuth subnitrate from the establishment of maximum residue limits in food.

The proposal is subject to a comment period ending October 14, 2023.