G/SPS/N/NZL/561  
 
30 November 2017  
(17-6592) 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  
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 l ikely 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: 24 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/NZL/17_5341_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The document contai ns technical details on proposals to amend 
the 2017 Notice under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for 
agricul tural compounds in New Zealand.  
MPI proposes to amend Part 1, Schedule 1, and Schedule 2 of the Food Notice.  
Part 1  
MPI pr oposes to add a definition for ' active ingredient' to section 1.2 of Part 1: 
Requirements.  
Schedule 1  
MPI proposes new MRLs to the Food Notice and/or amend the existing entries for the 
following compounds: chlormequat, fluopyram, fluralaner, fluxapyr oxad, halofuginone, 
lignocaine, oxathiapiprolin, and trifloxystrobin.  
Schedule 2  
MPI proposes to add the following exception from Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural 
Chemicals (Schedule 2):  
 Active ingredients that are foods or food additives, when used as an agricultural 
compound;  
MPI also proposes to amend the following exceptions from Maximum Residue Levels for 
Agricultural Chemicals (Schedule 2):  
 Microbial Active Ingredients, to better def ine these substances and the conditions of 
their exception; and 
 Iron-EDTA Complex and Iron phosphate, to combine these entries and extend their 
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  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 Alime ntarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
 CAC/GL 84 -2012:  Principles and Guidance on the Selection 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 wh y 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: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 January 2018  
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  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/transparenc y/notifications/index.htm  
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, Wel lington, 
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/transparency/notifications/index.htm