G/SPS/N/NZL/508  
 
29 August 2014  
(14-4960)  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 (MPI) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Vegetables; fruit; animal 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 (No. 2) the New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2014  
Language(s): 50  Number of pages: English 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/NZL/14_3869_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The document contains technical details on proposals to 
amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food 
Standards 2014. 
MPI proposes to add the following new MRLs to the MRL Standards:  
 0.02 mg/kg for acibenzolar-s-methyl when used as an immune stimulant on 
kiwifruit; 
 0.2 mg/kg for decoquinate in poultry meat, 0.8 mg/kg in poultry offal and 
0.4 mg/kg in poultry skin/fat when used as an anticoccidial in poultry; 
 0.05 mg/kg for spinetoram when used as an insecticide on citrus; 
 0.01(*) mg/kg for streptomycin when used as a bactericide on kiwifruit; 
 0.01(*) mg/kg for sulfoxaflor when used as an insecticide on barley; 
 Extend the current exemption for the plant extracts (unrefined) to include Camellia 
sinesis  and Fallopia sachalinensis  to the list of plant species; 
 Banda de Lupinus albus doce  (BLAD) when used as a fungicide; 
 Polysaccharides when used as an agricultural chemical. 
(*) Limit of quantification  
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/508 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) Pesticide residues in food and feed 
[ ] 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: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 October 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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/tr ansparency/notifications/index.htm