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 Act.

Promulgation; MHLW Notification No. 498 on Nov.29, 2005
Latest revision; The Cabinet Office Notification No.28 on Feb.27, 2025

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

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