New Zealand (Maximum Residue Li mits of Agricultural Compounds) 
Food Standards 2012 Amendment No. 1 & 2 
Pursuant to section 11C of the Food Act 1981, the Minister for Food Safety issues the 
following food standards for the purposes of setting the maximum permissible limits at which residues of agricultural compounds may be present in specified types of food. 
 
 Issued at Wellington this 6th day of November 2012 
 
(Signed) 
 
  Hon Kate Wilkinson Minister for Food Safety  
 
 
Certified in order for signature   
(Signed) 
 Solicitor Legal Services   1/11/2012 
 
Published by the Ministry for Primar y Industries, PO Box 2835, WellingtonNew Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultur al Compounds) Food Standards 2012, Amendment No. 1 & 2 
 
Contents 
 
1 Title 
2 Commencement 3 Amendment to Schedule 1 4 Amendment to Schedule 2 
 
Notice 
1 Title 
This amendment is the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural 
Compounds) Food Standards 2012, Amendment No. 1 & 2.  
2 Commencement 
This amendment comes into force on 13 December 2012. 
3 Amendment to Schedule 1 
Schedule 1 of the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural 
Compounds) Food Standards 2012 is amended by: 
(a) inserting the following item for ametoctradin:  
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column  3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound Common 
Name CAS# Residue to which 
the maximum 
residue limit applies Food Maximum 
Permitted 
Residue Level 
(mg/kg) 
Ametoctradin 865318-97-4 Amet octradin Potato 0.01(*) 
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(b) revoking the item relating to boscalid and substituting the following item: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound 
Common Name CAS# Residue to which 
the maximum residue limit 
applies Food Maximum 
Permitted 
Residue Level 
(mg/kg) 
Boscalid 188425-85-6 Boscalid Bulb vegetables 
Cherries 
Grapes 
Kiwifruit Mammalian fat 
Mammalian kidney 
Mammalian liver Milk 
Pome fruits 
Root vegetables Stone fruits (except cherries) 
Tuber vegetables 0.2 
3 
5 
0.1(*) 0.3 
0.3 
0.2 0.1 
0.05(*) 
0.5 0.05(*) 
0.5 
 
(c) revoking the item relating to deltamethrin and substituting the following item: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column  3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound 
Common Name CAS# Residue to which 
the maximum 
residue limit 
applies Food Maximum 
Permitted 
Residue 
Level (mg/kg) 
Deltamethrin 52918-63-5 Sum of: 
deltamethrin 
α–R-deltamethrin 
trans-deltamethrin  Expressed as:  
deltamethrin  Avocados 
Beans  
Brassica vegetables Grapes 
Kiwifruit 
Onions Pome fruits 
Potatoes  
Stone fruits Sweetcorn 
Tamarillos 
Tomatoes 0.05(*) 
0.05(*) 
0.05(*) 0.01(*) 
0.01(*) 
0.01(*) 0.01(*) 
0.01(*) 
0.02(*) 0.01(*) 
0.1 
0.05(*) 
 
(d) inserting the following item for fluopyram: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column  3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound 
Common Name CAS# Residue to which 
the maximum residue limit 
applies Food Maximum 
Permitted 
Residue Level 
(mg/kg) 
Fluopyram 658066-35-4  
 Plant commodities: 
Fluopyram  
Animal commodities: 
Sum of fluopyram and 2-
(trifluoromethyl) 
benzamide, expressed as 
fluopyram  
 Bulb onions 
Mammalian meat 
Mammalian offal 
Milk 0.01(*) 
0.1 
0.7 
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(e) revoking the item relating to isopyrazam and substituting the following item: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column  3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound 
Common Name CAS# Residue to which 
the maximum residue limit 
applies Food Maximum 
Permitted Residue 
Level 
(mg/kg) 
Isopyrazam 881685-58-1 Isopyrazam, sum of 
isomers Barley  
Wheat 
Pome fruits 0.5 
0.2 
0.1 
 
(f) revoking the item relating to N6-Benzyladenine. 
 
(g) revoking the item relating to nicarbazin and substituting the following item: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column  3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound 
Common Name CAS# Residue to which 
the maximum residue limit 
applies Food Maximum 
Permitted 
Residue Level 
(mg/kg) 
Nicarbazin 330-95-0  1,3-N,N'-bis (4 
nitrophenyl) urea as nicarbazin Poultry edible offal 
Poultry muscle Poultry skin/fat 15 
4 4 
 
(h) revoking the item relating to pyraclostrobin and substituting the following item: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column  3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound 
Common Name CAS# Residue to which 
the maximum 
residue limit 
applies Food Maximum 
Permitted Residue 
Level 
(mg/kg) 
Pyraclostrobin 175013-18-0 Pyraclostrobin Apples 
Barley 
Cherries 
Grapes 
Kiwifruit 
Mammalian fat Mammalian kidney 
Mammalian liver 
Mammalian meat Milk 
Pears 
Stone fruits (except cherries) Wheat 0.02(*) 
0.02(*) 
1 
3 
0.02(*) 
0.02(*) 0.02(*) 
0.02(*) 
0.02(*) 0.02(*) 
0.02(*) 
0.02(*) 0.02(*) 
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(i) inserting the following item for saflufenacil: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column  3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound Common 
Name CAS# Residue to which 
the maximum residue limit 
applies Food Maximum 
Permitted 
Residue Level 
(mg/kg) 
Saflufenacil 372137-35-4  Saflufenacil  Pome fruits 
Maize 0.01(*) 
0.01(*) 
 
(j) revoking the item relating to spinetoram and substituting the following item: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column  3 Column 4 Column 5 
Compound Common 
Name CAS# Residue to 
which the 
maximum residue limit 
applies Food Maximum 
Permitted 
Residue Level 
(mg/kg) 
Spinetoram 187166-40-1 + 
187166-15-0 Sum of: 
XDE-175-J XDE-175-L 
Expressed as: 
Spinetoram Apples 
Pears 
Stone fruits 
Vegetable brassicas Potatoes 
Tomatoes 0.05 
0.05 
0.2 
0.15 0.02(*) 
0.02(*) 
 
4 Amendment to Schedule 2 
Schedule 2 of the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural 
Compounds) Food Standards 2012 is amended by: 
(a) inserting the following items for methyl anthranilate and N6-Benzyladenine in 
the appropriate alphabetical order: 
 
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 
Substance CAS# Condition 
Methyl anthranilate 134-20-3 Used as a bird repellent 
N6-Benzyladenine 1214-39-7 Used as a plant growth regulator in pome fruits and 
cherries 
 
  New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultur al Compounds) Food Standards 2012, Amendment No. 1 & 2 
 
Explanatory Note 
 
This note is not part of the amendment and has been included to explain its general effect. 
The New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 
2012, Amendment No. 1 & 2 amends Schedule 1 of the New Zealand (Maximum Residue 
Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2012 by inserting an entry for ametoctradin, fluopyram, saflufenacil, revoking and substituting entries for boscalid, 
deltamethrin, isopyrazam, nicarbazin, pyraclostrobin, and spinetoram, and revoking the entry 
for N6-Benzyladenine. 
The New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 
2012, Amendment No. 1 & 2 also amends Schedule 2 of the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2012 by inserting entries for 
methyl anthranilate and N6-Benzyladenine. 
The New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 
2012, Amendment No. 1 & 2 comes into force on 13 December 2012.  
Food standards subject to Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 
Food standards, including this amendment, are subj ect to the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 
1989. Any person has the right to make a complaint about a food standard to the Regulations 
Review Committee.  
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