G/SPS/N/AUS/483  
 
14 October 2019  
(19-6604) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  AUSTRALIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)  
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):  Foods sold in Australia (both imported and domestically produced)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicabl e: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Application A1181 - Maximum Residue Limit of 
Imazapyr in barley . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  17 (12 CFS report and 5 
SD1) 
6. Description of content:  This application seeks to amend the Australia New Zealand Food 
Standards Code (the Code) to align the maximum residue limit (MRL) for imazapyr in 
barley with that in the domestic APVMA MRL standard and Codex.  
The MRL for imazapyr in  the Code is to be increased from 0.05 mg/kg to 0.7 mg/kg.  
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) : Codex Pesticides Residues in Food Online Database 
- July 2018 (contains information on Codex Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and 
Codex Extraneous Maximum Residue Limits (EMRLs) for pesticide/ commodity 
combinations  
[ ] 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 st andard:   G/SPS/N/AUS/483  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Australia  New Zealand Food Standards Code  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : FSANZ Board approval anticipated 
December 2019.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Notification to Government anticipated 
January 2020 with gazettal and registration of legislative instrument to follow, in February 
2020, pending Government considera tion. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Date of Gazettal and registration of legislative instrument 
pending Government consideration (see 10. above).  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858 
CANBERRA ACT 2601  
AUSTRALIA  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
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:   
The Australian SPS No tification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
CANBERRA ACT 2601  
AUSTRALIA  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au