Positive List System - Exempted Substances
[MRLs List]
Positive List System for Agricultural Chemical Residues in Foods
The list below enumerates substances designated by the Prime Minister as clearly having no risk of harming human health based on paragraph 3, article 13 of the Food Sanitation Act.
Promulgation; MHLW Notification No. 498 on Nov.29, 2005
Latest revision; The Cabinet Office Notification No.8 on Feb.19, 2026
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Substance |
| 1 |
Zinc |
| 2 |
Azadirachtin |
| 3 |
Ascorbic acid |
| 4 |
Astaxanthin |
| 5 |
Asparagine |
| 6 |
Acetylcysteine |
| 7 |
Anacardic acid |
| 8 |
Abscisic acid |
| 9 |
beta-apo-8'-carotene acid ethyl ester |
| 10 |
Alanine |
| 11 |
Allicin |
| 12 |
Arginine |
| 13 |
Benzoic acid |
| 14 |
Ammonium |
| 15 |
Sulfur |
| 16 |
Itaconic acid |
| 17 |
Inositol |
| 18 |
Chlorine |
| 19 |
Oleic acid |
| 20 |
Glyceryl caprylate |
| 21 |
Potassium |
| 22 |
Calcium |
| 23 |
Calciferol and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol |
| 24 |
L-Carnitine |
| 25 |
beta-Carotene |
| 26 |
Citric acid |
| 27 |
Glycine |
| 28 |
Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acid |
| 29 |
Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol |
| 30 |
Glutamine |
| 31 |
Chlorella extracts |
| 32 |
Smoke flavourings (a specific product categorizes as "Smoke flavourings," which is registered in Japan and meets the product specification) |
| 33 |
Silicon |
| 34 |
Diatomaceous earth |
| 35 |
Cobalamin |
| 36 |
Choline |
| 37 |
Zinc oxide |
| 38 |
Shiitake mycelia extracts |
| 39 |
Bithmus subnitrate |
| 40 |
Sodium bicarbonate |
| 41 |
Tartaric acid |
| 42 |
Cinnamaldehyde |
| 43 |
Serine |
| 44 |
Selenium |
| 45 |
Sorbic acid |
| 46 |
Taurine |
| 47 |
Thiamine |
| 48 |
Tyrosine |
| 49 |
Iron |
| 50 |
Copper |
| 51 |
Paprika coloring |
| 52 |
Tocopherol |
| 53 |
Niacin |
| 54 |
Neem oil |
| 55 |
Lactic acid |
| 56 |
Urea |
| 57 |
BLAD, Aqueous extract from the geminated seeds of sweet Lupinus albus |
| 58 |
Paraffin |
| 59 |
Barium |
| 60 |
Valine |
| 61 |
Pantothenic acid |
| 62 |
Biotin |
| 63 |
Histidine |
| 64 |
Hydroxypropyl distarch phoshate |
| 65 |
Hydroxypropyl starch |
| 66 |
Pyridoxine |
| 67 |
Glucan extracted from brewing yeast |
| 68 |
Propylene glycol |
| 69 |
Polyglycerol esters of fatty acid |
| 70 |
Magnesium |
| 71 |
Machine oil |
| 72 |
Marigold coloring |
| 73 |
Mineral oil |
| 74 |
Methionine |
| 75 |
Menadione |
| 76 |
Folic acid |
| 77 |
Iodine |
| 78 |
Riboflavin |
| 79 |
Lecithin |
| 80 |
Retinol |
| 81 |
Leucine |
| 82 |
Wax |