Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare


Schedule 6

  Papaya
55-1
Content rate of genetically modified foods whose safety has been certified Cry1Ac, Cry1Ab, Cry1F, Cry9c, Cry3Bb (Cry3Bb1), among the new Bt proteins that are made by genetic modification LLRICE601 Rapeseed
RT73 B. Rapa
Corn grains and ground corn products*1   29      
Papaya and its products (limited to dried ones) US: 100
Others: 19
       
Soybeans (including green soybeans and soybean sprouts), and ground soybean products*2   299      
Rice and its products*3     299    
Rice except for long-grain rice and its products (unheated and made mostly from rice)       US: 119  
Rapeseed and its products         5

*1: Limited to corn grits, cornflour, cornmeal, and other ground products, in which proteins newly expressed as a result of genetic modification undergo no physical change.

*2: Limited to products in which proteins and DNA newly expressed as a result of genetic modification undergo no physiochemical change.

*3: Regarding rice products from China (unheated or low-temperature heat-treated products made mostly from rice, such as rice flour, rice noodles, and beanstarch vermicelli), importers are instructed under Notice No. 0730002 of the Office of Import Food Safety, dated July 30, 2007, to conduct voluntary inspections upon importation.


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