G/SPS/N/NZL/611  
 
17 December 2019  
(19-8762) Page: 1/2 
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:  25 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/NZL/19_7192_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 addition of new MRL entries for the following compounds: Fenpic oxamid: 
0.01(*)  mg/kg in eggs, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.02 mg/kg in mammalian 
kidney, 0.02 mg/kg in mammalian liver, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat, 
0.01(*)  mg/kg in milk, 0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry meat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry offal, and 
0.3 mg/ kg in wheat grain. Indaziflam: 0.02(*) mg/kg in grapes, 0.02(*) mg/kg in pome 
fruits, and 0.02(*) mg/kg in stone fruits. Pyriofenone: 0.2 mg/kg in fruiting vegetables 
(cucurbits).   
The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and comm odities: 
Fludioxonil: 10 mg/kg in kumara. Flumioxazin: 0.01(*) mg/kg in bush berries, and 
0.05(*)  mg/kg in hops. Fluopyram: 0.2 mg/kg in parsnips. Fluralaner: amendment of the 
chicken eggs MRL from 1 mg/kg to 1.3 mg/kg. Lambda -cyhalothrin: 0.2 mg/kg in bra ssica 
vegetables (transfer of the MRL currently promulgated under the ‘cyhalothrin' entry). 
Oxyfluorfen: 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes. Prothioconazole: 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian 
fat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat, 0.02 mg/kg in mammalian offal, and 
0.004(* ) mg/kg in milk. The removal of existing MRL entries for the following compounds 
and commodities: Cyhalothrin, after transfer of the current 0.2 mg/kg MRL in ‘brassica 
vegetables' to the entry for lambda -cyhalothrin. Lindane, removing the 2mg/kg MRL in 
‘fats (except milk fats)'.   
Note: (*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification.  G/SPS/N/NZL/611  
 
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  The addition of an exemption from compliance with a MRL for the following compounds:  
Vitamins, minerals, and essential trace elements, when used for dietary supplementation 
in food -producing animals, in Schedule 3 (veterinary medicines) of the Notice.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from an imal/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 (RMRs) 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 confirmed.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be confirmed.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of pub lication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be confirmed - 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) : 15 February 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: +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