G/SPS/N/NZL/759  
15 December 2023  
(23-8612) 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:  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:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/NZL/23_14648_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. The amendment of exist ing entries in Schedule 1, Maximum Residue Levels for 
Agricultural Compounds, for the following compounds and commodities:  
• An amendment of the entry for pydiflumetofen, to set new MRLs at 0.2 mg/kg for 
barley grain, 0.01(*) mg/kg for eggs, 0.01(*) mg/kg fo r milk, 0.01(*) mg/kg for 
poultry fat, 0.01(*) mg/kg for poultry meat, 0.01(*) mg/kg for poultry offal; and  
• The removal of the entry for warfarin, as the compound has not been approved for 
use in New Zealand since 2005.  
Note: (*) indicates that the maximum  residue level has been set at or about the limit of analytical 
quantification.  
b. The addition of three new entries in Schedule 3, for Veterinary Medicines for which No 
Maximum Residue Level Applies, for the following compounds:  
• Diatomaceous earth, when u sed as a veterinary medicine;  
• Gonadorelin, when used to manage reproduction in ruminants; and  
• Sepiolite, when used as a mycotoxin binder  
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.   G/SPS/N/NZL/759  
 
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  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: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 February 2024  
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:   
Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. 
Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 07 33; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website:  https://www.mpi.govt.nz/importing/overview/access -and-trade -into-new-
zealand/world -trade -organization -notifications/  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax n umber 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/import ing/overview/access -and-trade -into-new-
zealand/world -trade -organization -notifications/