G/SPS/N/NZL/596  
 
7 June 2019  
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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 t he extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposals to Amend the Maximum Residue Levels for 
Agricultural Compounds Food Notice December 2018 . Language(s):  English . Number 
of pages:  32 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/NZL/19_3358_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: Coumatetralyl: 0.001(*) 
mg/kg in any food. Difethialone: 0.001(*) mg/kg in any food. Diphacinone: 0.001(*) 
mg/kg in any food. Flumioxazin: 0.02(*) mg/kg in grapes; 0.02(*) mg/kg in kiwifruit; 
0.02( *) mg/kg in pome fruits; 0.02(*) mg/kg in stone fruits; 0.02(*) mg/kg in 
mammalian fat, meat, and offal; and 0.02(*) mg/kg in milk. Isoflucypram: 0.15 mg/kg 
in barley grain; 0.01(*) in eggs; 0.04(*) mg/kg in mammalian fat; 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
mammalian offal;  0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat; 0.005(*) mg/kg in milk; 0.01(*) 
in poultry meat; 0.02 mg/kg in poultry offal; 0.02 mg/kg in wheat grain; and 0.02 mg/kg 
in triticale grain. Metribuzin: 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes. Pyroxasulfone: 0.02(*) mg/kg 
in eggs; 0.02( *) mg/kg in mammalian fat; 0.02(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat; 0.02(*) 
mg/kg in mammalian offal; 0.002(*) mg/kg in milk; 0.02(*) mg/kg in poultry meat; 
0.02(*) mg/kg in poultry offal; 0.01(*) mg/kg in triticale; and 0.01 (*) mg/kg in wheat. 
Tetraniliprole: 0. 2 mg/kg in pome fruits.  
The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities: 
Clethodim: 0.02(*) mg/kg in grapes. Difenoconazole: 0.05 mg/kg in grapes; 0.01 mg/kg 
in mammalian fat (except milk fat); 0.01 mg/kg in mammalian mea t; 0.01 mg/kg in 
mammalian offal; and 0.01 mg/kg in milk. Eprinomectin: 0.1 mg/kg in sheep fat; 
0.05 mg/kg in sheep meat; 0.2 mg/kg in sheep offal; and 0.02 mg/kg in sheep milk. 
Clethodim: 0.2 mg/kg in mammalian meat; 0.2 mg/kg in mammalian offal; and 
0.05 mg/kg in milk. Flufenacet: 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes. Flusilazole: 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
grapes, 0.05(*) mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat, 0.01(*) 
mg/kg in mammalian offal, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in milk. Mandestrobin: 1.5 mg/kg in head 
lettuce; and 10 mg/kg in leafy lettuce. Metrafenone: 0.15 mg/kg in grapes; 0.01(*) G/SPS/N/NZL/596  
 
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  mg/kg in mammalian fat; 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat; 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
mammalian offal; and 0.01(*) mg/kg in milk.  
Note: (*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification.  
The addition of exemptions from compliance with a MRL for the following compounds: 
Chromobacterium subtsugae PRAA4 -1T and its metabolites (including violacein) oils, 
when used as an agricultural chemi cal, in Schedule 2 (agricultural chemicals) of the 
Notice. Cross -linked polyacrylamide, when used as an intra -articular injectable veterinary 
medicine in horses, in Schedule 3 (veterinary medicines) of the Notice. Vaccine and 
diagnostic antigens, when used  as a veterinary medicine, in Schedule 3 of the Notice.  
The amendment of an existing exemption from compliance with a MRL in Schedule 2 of 
the Notice for bromochlorodimethylhydantoin, to update the CAS numbers applicable to 
the entry.  
7. Objective and rat ionale: [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 Commodi ty 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 publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be confirmed . 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/ yy): 6 August 2019  
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  
Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tran sparency/notifications/index.htm  G/SPS/N/NZL/596  
 
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  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 25 26, Wellington, 
New Zealand.  Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/transparency/ notifications/index.htm