G/SPS/N/NZL/716  
 
18 April 2023  
(23-2757) Page: 1/3 
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:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/NZL/23_9087_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:  
a. New MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities : 
− Flumetsulam: 0.01(*) mg/kg in cereal grains, 0.1 mg/kg in eggs, 0.01  mg/kg in 
mammalian meat, 0.1 mg/kg in mammalian offal, 0.01  mg/kg in milk, 0.1 mg/kg 
in poultry meat, and 0.1 mg/kg in poultry offal.  
− Thiencarbazone -methyl: 0.01 mg/kg for mammalian mea t, mammalian fat, 
mammalian offal, and milk.  
b. The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and 
commodities:  
− Foramsulfuron: 0.01 mg/kg in mammalian meat, mammalian fat, mammalian 
offal, and milk, and to delete the MRL for maize.  
− Mefentri fluconazole: 0.07 mg/kg for grapes and 0.15 mg/kg for pome fruits.  
− Spinetoram: 0.01(*) mg/kg for maize, 0.02 mg/kg in milk, 0.15 mg/kg in milk 
fats, 0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry meat, offal, and eggs, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
sweetcorn; amend the mammalian fat des cription to exclude milk fats and 
increase the MRL to 0.5 mg/kg; and to combine the mammalian kidney and liver 
MRLs into a single mammalian offal MRL of 0.03 mg/kg.  
− Tetraniliprole: 0.3 mg/kg for stone fruits.  
(*) indicates that the maximum residue level ha s been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification.  G/SPS /N/NZL/716  
 
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  c. The addition of four new entries in Schedule 3 for veterinary medicines for which no 
maximum residue level applies:  
− Aniseed oil, menthol, and sassafras oil, when used as topical liniments on horses.  
− Luteinising hormone (LH), when used to manage reproduction in ruminants.  
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 (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 – promulg ation 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) : 17 June 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) 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 -notificatio ns/ G/SPS/N/NZL/716  
 
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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:   
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/