Positive List System - Exempted Substances

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Positive List System for Agricultural Chemical Residues in Foods


The List below enumerates substances specified by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare as having no apparent risk to cause damage to human health (Exempted Substances) based on the provision of paragraph 3, article 13 of the Food Sanitation Law.

Promulgation; MHLW Notification No. 498 on Nov.29, 2005
Latest revision; MHLW Notification No.303 on Nov.7, 2023

Substance
1 Zinc
2 Azadirachtin
3 Ascorbic acid
4 Astaxanthin
5 Asparagine
6 Abscisic acid
7 beta-apo-8'-carotene acid ethyl ester
8 Alanine
9 Allicin
10 Arginine
11 Benzoic acid
12 Ammonium
13 Sulfur
14 Itaconic acid
15 Inositol
16 Chlorine
17 Oleic acid
18 Glyceryl caprylate
19 Potassium
20 Calcium
21 Calciferol and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol
22 L-Carnitine
23 beta-Carotene
24 Citric acid
25 Glycine
26 Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acid
27 Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol
28 Glutamine
29 Chlorella extracts
30 Smoke flavourings (a specific product categorizes as "Smoke flavourings," which is registered in Japan and meets the product specification)
31 Silicon
32 Diatomaceous earth
33 Cinnamic aldehyde
34 Cobalamin
35 Choline
36 Zinc oxide
37 Shiitake mycelia extracts
38 Sodium bicarbonate
39 Tartaric acid
40 Serine
41 Selenium
42 Sorbic acid
43 Taurine
44 Thiamine
45 Tyrosine
46 Iron
47 Copper
48 Paprika coloring
49 Tocopherol
50 Niacin
51 Neem oil
52 Lactic acid
53 Urea
54 Paraffin
55 Barium
56 Valine
57 Pantothenic acid
58 Biotin
59 Histidine
60 Hydroxypropyl distarch phoshate
61 Hydroxypropyl starch
62 Pyridoxine
63 Glucan extracted from brewing yeast
64 Propylene glycol
65 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acid
66 Magnesium
67 Machine oil
68 Marigold coloring
69 Mineral oil
70 Methionine
71 Menadione
72 Folic acid
73 Iodine
74 Riboflavin
75 Lecithin
76 Retinol
77 Leucine
78 Wax

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