G/SPS/N/NZL/682  
 
5 April 2022  
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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:  Ministry for Primary Industries  
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 partners   
[ ] 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:  17 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/NZL/22_2398_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) for agricultural compounds in New Zealand.  
MPI proposes the following amendments to the Notice:  
1. The addition of new entries in the Notice for the following  compounds:  
o Fenpyroximate: 1 mg/kg for pome fruits;  
o Fluensulfone: 0.6 mg/kg for carrots, 0.6 mg/kg for parsnips, and 0.4 mg/kg for 
tuberous and corm vegetables (Subgroup 16B);  
o Prednisolone, to set MRLs at 0.004 mg/kg for cattle fat, 0.01 mg/kg for cattle 
kidney, 0.01 mg/kg for cattle liver, 0.004 mg/kg for cattle meat, 0.004 mg/kg for 
goat fat, 0.01 mg/kg for goat kidney, 0.01 mg/kg for goat liver, 0.004 mg/kg for 
goat meat, 0.004 mg/kg for horse fat, 0.01 mg/kg for horse kidney, 0.01 mg/kg 
for horse liver,  0.004 mg/kg for horse meat, and 0.006 mg/kg for milk.  
2. The amendment of the existing entry in the Notice for the following compounds:  
o Fludioxonil: 0.01(*) mg/kg for potatoes;  
o Fluopyram: 0.07 mg/kg for bulb onions.  
(*) indicates that the maximum residue lev el has been set at or about the limit of analytical 
quantification.  
3. The addition of two new entries in Schedule 3 for veterinary medicines for which no 
maximum residue level applies:  
o Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) when used to manage reproduction in 
ruminants;  
o Melatonin when used to manage reproduction in sheep, deer and goats.  G/SPS/N/NZL/682  
 
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  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.   
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 Extrapolation 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 (R MRs) for Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods  
[ ] World 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 standard?  
[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 occu r once the document is finalized 
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) : 4 June 2022  
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:   
Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: 
+(64 4) 894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website:  https://www.mpi.govt.nz/importing /overview/access -and-trade -into-new-
zealand/world -trade -organization -notifications/  
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:   
Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: 
+(64 4) 894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website:  https://www.mpi.govt.nz/importing/overview/access -and-trade -into-new-
zealand/world -trade -organization -notifications/