Positive List System - Exempted Substances

[Top of Positive List System] [MRLs List]

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.25 on Feb.10, 2025

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 Cobalamin
34 Choline
35 Zinc oxide
36 Shiitake mycelia extracts
37 Bithmus subnitrate
38 Sodium bicarbonate
39 Tartaric acid
40 Cinnamaldehyde
41 Serine
42 Selenium
43 Sorbic acid
44 Taurine
45 Thiamine
46 Tyrosine
47 Iron
48 Copper
49 Paprika coloring
50 Tocopherol
51 Niacin
52 Neem oil
53 Lactic acid
54 Urea
55 BLAD, Aqueous extract from the geminated seeds of sweet Lupinus albus
56 Paraffin
57 Barium
58 Valine
59 Pantothenic acid
60 Biotin
61 Histidine
62 Hydroxypropyl distarch phoshate
63 Hydroxypropyl starch
64 Pyridoxine
65 Glucan extracted from brewing yeast
66 Propylene glycol
67 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acid
68 Magnesium
69 Machine oil
70 Marigold coloring
71 Mineral oil
72 Methionine
73 Menadione
74 Folic acid
75 Iodine
76 Riboflavin
77 Lecithin
78 Retinol
79 Leucine
80 Wax

The Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation
Japanese Top