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G/SPS/N/NZL/484 
29 August 2012 
 (12-4649) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS 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. 1) the New Zealand (Maximum 
Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2012, MPI Discussion Paper No: 2012/17  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  21 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/NZL/12_3439_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 
2012.  
1. MPI proposes to add the following new MRLs to the MRL Standards:  
(a) 0.01 mg/kg for ametoctradin when used as a fungicide on potatoes;  
(b) 0.2 mg/kg for boscalid when used as a fungicide on onions and other bulb 
vegetables, the subsequent crops plante d in rotation (root vegetables and tuber 
vegetables), and consequently the following animal commodities MRLs from the 
transfer of residues to animals: Mammalian fat  0.3 mg/kg, Mammalian kidney  
0.3 mg/kg, Mammalian liver  0.2 mg/kg, Milk  0.1 mg/kg;  
(c) 0.01 mg/kg for fluopyram when used as a fungicide on onions and consequently 
the following animal commodities MRLs from the transfer of residues to animals; 
Mammalian meat  0.1 mg/kg, Mammalian offal 0.7 mg/kg, Milk  0.07 mg/kg;  
(d) 0.1 mg/kg for isopyrazam when used as a fungicide on pome fruits;  
(e) 0.01 mg/kg for saflufenacil when used as a herbicide on pome fruits and maize;  
(f) 0.2 mg/kg for spinetoram when used as an insecticide on stone fruits and 
0.15 mg/kg for spinetoram when used as an insecticide on vegetable brassicas.  
2. MPI proposes to change the current MRL for the following su bstances in the MRL 
Standards:  
(a) Deltamethrin in tamarillos from 0.02 mg/kg to 0.1 mg/kg; and  
(b) Nicarbazin in poultry edible offal from 9 mg/kg to 15 mg/kg.  G/SPS/N/NZL/484 
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  3. MPI proposes to exempt the following substances from the MRL Standards:  
(a) Methyl anthranilate when used as a bird repellent; and  
(b) N6-Benzyladenine when used as a plant growth regulator in pome fruits and 
cherries. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] 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) :  19 November 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  22 November 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  20 December 2012 
[ ] 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 2012 
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:   
Mrs Sally Jennings, Coordinator, SPS Ne w Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New 
Zealand.  Tel:  +(64 4) 894 0431;  Fax:  +( 64 4) 894 0733;  E-mail:  sps@mpi.govt.nz 
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 Ne w Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New 
Zealand.  Tel:  +(64 4) 894 0431;  Fax:  +( 64 4) 894 0733;  E-mail:  sps@mpi.govt.nz