G/SPS/N/NZL/623  
 
17 April 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  NEW ZEALAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  New Zealand Food Safety  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Vegetables, fruit, animal products, and other food products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partn ers  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum 
Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/NZL/20_2763_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The document contains technical details on proposals to amend 
the current Notice issued under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) and exemptions from compliance with a MRL for agricultural compounds in 
New Zealand.  
MPI proposes the following amendments to the Notice:  
An amendment to the exemp tion from compliance with a MRL for the following: To add 
Clitorea ternatea (Butterfly Pea) to the list of plant species from which extracts can be 
derived and used as agricultural compounds to the Plant Extracts (unrefined) exemption 
in Schedule 2 (agricu ltural chemicals) of the Notice. The addition of exemption from 
compliance with a MRL for the following compounds:Medium chain fatty acids (C6 -C12) 
and their mono -, di-, and triglycerides, when used as a teat sanitiser, in Schedule 3 
(veterinary medicines)  of the Notice.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/NZL/623  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
− CAC/GL 84 -2012: Principles and Guidance on the Selection of Representative 
Commodities for the Extrapo lation of Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides 
to Commodity Groups  
− CAC/MRL1: Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Pesticides  
− CAC/MRL2: Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods  
[ ] Worl d Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standa rd?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined - promulgation will occur once the document 
is finalised post -consultation.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 June 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Mrs Sally Jennings, Coordinator, SPS  New Zealand  
PO Box 2526, Wellington, New  Zealand  
Tel: +(644) 894 0431  
Fax: +(644) 894 0733  
E-mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz   
Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Mrs Sally Jennings, Coordinator, SPS  New Zealand  
PO Box 2526, Wellington, New  Zealand  
Tel: +(644) 894 0431  
Fax: +(644) 894 0733  
E-mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz   
Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm