G/SPS/N/NZL/647  
 
15 April 2021  
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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:  38 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/NZL/21_2602_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:  
The addition of new MRL entries for the following compounds:  
− Benzylpenicillins: 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian meat, 
0.05 mg/kg in mammalian offal, and 0.004 mg/kg in milk ; 
− Clavulanic acid: 0.1 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle 
offal, and 0.05(*) mg/kg in cattle milk ; 
− Cloxacillin: 0.05 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle kidney, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle 
liver, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle meat, and 0.03 mg/kg in milk ; 
− Erythromycin: 0.05 mg/kg in eggs, 0.1 mg/kg  in poultry fat, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry 
meat, and 0.1 mg/kg in poultry offal ; 
− Ethofumesate: 0.01(*) mg/kg in onions, bulb. Metobromuron: 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
potatoes ; 
− Pydiflumetofen: 0.2 mg/kg in grapes, 0.03 mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.01(*) mg/kg 
in mammalian m eat, 0.03 mg/kg in mammalian offal, 0.02 mg/kg in milk, and 0.01(*) 
mg/kg in potatoes ; 
− Tylosin: 0.1 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle offal, 
0.3 mg/kg in eggs, 0.1 mg/kg in goat fat, 0.1 mg/kg in goat meat, 0.1 mg/kg in goa t 
offal, 0.05(*) mg/kg milk, 0.1 mg/kg in pig fat, 0.1 mg/kg in pig meat, 0.1 mg/kg in 
pig offal, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry fat, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry meat, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry 
offal, 0.1 mg/kg in sheep fat, 0.1 mg/kg in sheep meat, and 0.1 mg/kg in sheep offal ; 
(*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of analytical 
quantification.  G/SPS/N/NZL/647  
 
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  The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities:  
− Amoxicillin: 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.05 mg/kg in mamm alian meat, 
0.05 mg/kg in mammalian offal, and 0.004 mg/kg in milk;  
− Ampicillin: 0.05 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle 
offal, and 0.004 mg/kg in milk;  
− Cefquinome: 0.02 mg/kg in cattle milk;  
− Clomazone: 0.05(*) in winter squash;  
− Fludioxonil: 0.02 mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian kidney, 
0.05 mg/kg in mammalian liver, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat, and 
0.01(*)  mg/kg in milk;  
− Lasalocid: 0.15 mg/kg in eggs;  
− Tilmicosin: 0.05 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.05 mg /kg in cattle meat, 0.3 mg/kg in cattle 
kidney, 1 mg/kg in cattle liver, 0.05 mg/kg in sheep fat, 0.05 mg/kg in sheep meat, 
0.3 mg/kg in sheep kidney, 1 mg/kg in sheep liver, and 0.05 mg/kg in milk;  
− Tulathromycin: 0.1 mg/kg in milk ; 
(*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of analytical 
quantification.  
The addition of exemptions from compliance with a MRL for the following compounds:  
− Cod liver oil, when used as a topical antifungal or antibacterial treatment, in 
Schedule  3 (veterinary medicines) of the Notice;  
− Smectite clays, when used for binding mycotoxins in food -producing animals, in 
Schedule  3 (veterinary medicines) of the Notice ; 
The amendment of the title of Schedule 2, to change the wording from "Exemption s from 
Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Chemicals" to "Agricultural Chemicals for which 
No Maximum Residue Level Applies";  
The amendment of the title of Schedule 3, to change the wording from "Exemptions from 
Maximum Residue Levels for Veterinary Me dicines" to "Veterinary Medicines for which 
No Maximum Residue Level Applies".  
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 Selec tion 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 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:    G/SPS/N/NZL/647  
 
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  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 finalised post -consultation.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 June 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) 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  
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:   
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