G/SPS/N/NZL/731  
25 August 2023  
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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 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_12019_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 existing  entries in Schedule 1, Maximum Residue Levels for 
Agricultural Compounds, for the following compounds and commodities:  
− An amendment of the entry for carbendazim, to revise the residue definition;  
− An amendment of the entry for cyromazine, to revise the res idue definition and set 
new MRLs at 0.2 mg/kg for eggs, 0.05 mg/kg for poultry meat, 0.05 mg/kg for 
poultry offal, 0.3 mg/kg for sheep edible offal, 0.3 mg/kg for sheep fat, and 0.01 
mg/kg for sheep milk;  
− A new entry for fluoxapiprolin, to set MRLs at 0.09  mg/kg for tomatoes and 
0.01(*) mg/kg for potatoes; and  
− An amendment of the entry for fluralaner, to set new MRLs at 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
sheep fat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in sheep kidney, 0.01(*) mg/kg in sheep liver, and 
0.005(*) mg/kg in sheep meat.  
Note: (*) indica tes that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification;  
b) The addition of two new entries in Schedule 2, for Agricultural Chemicals for which No 
Maximum Residue Level Applies, for 1 -aminocyclopropane -carboxylic aci d (ACC), when 
used as a plant growth regulator, and for Flg22 -Bt peptide, when used as an 
agricultural chemical;  
c) The addition of a new entry in Schedule 3, for Veterinary Medicines for which No 
Maximum Residue Level Applies, for adrenaline acid tartrate, w hen used in calves 
following disbudding, in lambs following tail docking, and in calves and lambs following 
castration.  
The amendment of an existing entry in Schedule 3 for oxalic acid, to add reference to 
oxalic acid dihydrate.  G/SPS/N/NZL/731  
 
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  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 st andard?  
[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 determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. Promulgation will occur once the document is finalized 
post-consult ation.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 September 2023  
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 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/  
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/