G/SPS/N/NZL/537  
 
14 July 2016  
(16-3773)  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; IC S 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 Maximum Residue Levels for 
Agricultural Compounds Food Notice 2016  Language(s): English  Number of 
pages: 41 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/NZL/16_2806_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The document contains technical details on proposals to 
amend the 2016 Notice under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) for agricultural compounds in New Zealand.  
MPI proposes to add the following new MRLs to the MRL Notice: 
 Abamectin: 0.01 (*) mg/kg when used on bulb onions, and 0.02 mg/kg when used 
on green onions; 
 Aviglycine: 0.02 mg/kg when used on cherries; 
 Bixafen: 0.05 mg/kg when used on barley; 
 Cephapirin: 0.06 mg/kg in cattle milk; 
 Cyproconazole: 0.05 mg/kg (*) when used on grapes; and 0.5 mg/kg in edible offal 
(mammals), 0.02 mg/kg in fat (mammalian), and 0.01 mg/kg in milk as a result of 
use in beets; 
 Diclazuril: 1.0 mg/kg in cattle and sheep fa t, 2.0 mg/kg in cattle and sheep kidney, 
0.5 mg/kg in cattle and sheep muscle, and 3.0 mg/kg in cattle and sheep liver; 
 Fenpyrazamine: 0.05 mg/kg when used on grapes; 
 Fluopyram: 1.0 mg/kg when used on fruiting vegetables (except cucurbits); 
 Fluxapyroxad: 0.02 mg/kg when used on pome fruits (apples and pears); 
 Indoxacarb: 0.5 mg/kg when used on brassica vegetables (except cabbage); 
3 mg/kg when used on cabbage; and 3 mg/kg when used on head lettuce; 
 Meloxicam: 0.01 mg/kg in sheep fat and muscle, and 0.065 mg/kg in sheep liver 
and kidney; 
 Metamitron: 0.01 mg/kg (*) when used on apples; 
 Methoxyfenozide: 0.4 mg/kg when used on stone fruit; 
 Prothioconazole: 0.1 mg/kg when used on barley; 
 Spirotetramat: 0.2 mg/kg in apples; 
 Thiamethoxam: 0.01 (*) mg/kg in bulb on ions, and 0.2 mg/kg in green onions; G/SPS/N/NZL/537 
 
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   Trifloxystrobin: 0.05 mg/kg in fat (mammalian), 0.04 mg/kg in kidney 
(mammalian), and 0.05 mg/kg in liver (mammalian) when used on sugar beets and fodder grown for animal feed; 
 Trinexapac-ethyl: 0.05 mg/kg (*) of 4 -(cyclopropyl-á-hydro xy-methylene)-3,5-
dioxo-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid when us ed on cereal crops, and 0.2 mg/kg of 
trinexapac (acid) when used on cereal crops (except maize and sweet corns); and 
 Tulathromycin: 0.45 mg/kg in sheep muscle,  0.25 mg/kg in sheep fat, 5.4 mg/kg in 
sheep liver, and 1.8 mg/kg in sheep kidney. 
Note: (*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification.  
MPI also proposes to add the following ex ceptions from MRLs to the MRL Notice: 
 Mixtures of chito-oligosaccharides and oligogalacturonans, for use on fruits and 
vegetables; 
 Ozone, for use as an agricultural chemical; 
 Polyoxin D zinc salt, for use as an agricultural chemical; 
 Prohydrojasmon, when used as a colour enhancer on apples. 
And to amend existing exceptions as follows: 
 Amend the entry for "Microbial Pesticide Organisms" to change the classification of 
these substances to "Microbial Active Ingredients"; 
 Amend the entry for "Bismuth and its salts" to include the use of intramammary teat 
sealants in cattle. 
Finally, MPI have proposed to amend the residue definitions for the following 
compounds:  
 Emamectin, to harmonise with overseas trading partners and Codex; 
 Indoxacarb, to harmonise with the current definition set by Codex; 
 Prothioconazole, to harmonise it with th e current definition set by Codex in 2008; 
 Trinexapac-ethyl, to correct errors in the current Notice entry. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)  
CAC/GL 84-2012: Principles and Guidance on the Selection of Representative 
Commodities for the Extrapolation of Maxi mum Residue Limits for Pesticides to 
Commodity Groups CAC/MRL1: Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Pesticides 
CAC/MRL2: Maximum Resi due 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 determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. G/SPS/N/NZL/537 
 
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  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) : 12 September 2016 
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:  
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: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/importing/ov erview/access-and-trade-into-new-
zealand/world-trade-organization-notifications/  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation 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: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/importing/ov erview/access-and-trade-into-new-
zealand/world-trade-organization-notifications/