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.81 on Mar.23, 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 Shiitake mycelia extracts
37 Sodium bicarbonate
38 Tartaric acid
39 Serine
40 Selenium
41 Sorbic acid
42 Taurine
43 Thiamine
44 Tyrosine
45 Iron
46 Copper
47 Paprika coloring
48 Tocopherol
49 Niacin
50 Neem oil
51 Lactic acid
52 Urea
53 Paraffin
54 Barium
55 Valine
56 Pantothenic acid
57 Biotin
58 Histidine
59 Hydroxypropyl distarch phoshate
60 Hydroxypropyl starch
61 Pyridoxine
62 Glucan extracted from brewing yeast
63 Propylene glycol
64 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acid
65 Magnesium
66 Machine oil
67 Marigold coloring
68 Mineral oil
69 Methionine
70 Menadione
71 Folic acid
72 Iodine
73 Riboflavin
74 Lecithin
75 Retinol
76 Leucine
77 Wax

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