G/SPS/N/NZL/659  
 
28 September 2021  
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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:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/NZL/21_6189_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:  
The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities:  
− Fluazinam: 0.01(*) mg/kg in apples;  
− Mandestrobin: 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes;  
− Pyriofenone: 0.01(*) mg/kg in apples and 0.05 mg/kg in grapes.  
(*) indicates that the maximum res idue level has been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification.  
Amendment of three entries in Schedule 2 for agricultural chemicals for which no 
maximum residue level applies: The entry for active ingredients that are foods or 
permitted food ad ditives, to revise the wording of the substance description for clarity; the 
entry for microbial active ingredients, to revise the wording to ensure the listing manages 
the associated risk; and the entry for plant extracts (unrefined), to add three additio nal 
species to the list of plants from which extracts are derived that do not require the 
application of a MRL. The addition of two new entries in Schedule 3 for veterinary 
medicines for which no maximum residue level applies, one of which replaces an entr y that 
is no longer required: A new entry for zeolite, when used in cattle as a calcium binder and 
in food producing species as a mycotoxin binder.  
Replacement of the entry for medroxyprogesterone acetate for intravaginal use in sheep 
with an entry for pro gesterone for intravaginal use in sheep and cattle.  G/SPS/N/NZL/659  
 
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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/MRL  1: Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Pesticides  
− CAC/MRL  2: Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for Re sidues 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 confirmed.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be confirmed.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be confirmed - promulgation will occur o nce 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) : 27 November 2021  
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 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  
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: +(64 4) 894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/consultat ions/?opened=1