G/SPS/N/NZL/635  
 
27 July 2020  
(20-5139) 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; 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 July 2020 . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  29 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/NZL/20_4456_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  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 amen dments to the Notice:  
a) The addition of new MRL entries for the following compounds:  
− Amisulbrom: 0.02 mg/kg in head brassicas, 0.02 mg/kg in flowerhead brassicas, and 
0.1 mg/kg in leafy vegetable brassicas.  
− Mefentrifluconazole: 2.0 mg/kg in barley grain, 0.01(*) mg/kg in eggs, 0.1 mg/kg in 
mammalian fat, 0.1 mg/kg in mammalian kidney, 0.3 mg/kg in mammalian liver, 
0.02 mg/kg in mammalian meat, 0.02 mg/kg in milk, 0.02 mg/kg in poultry fat, 
0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry meat, 0.02 mg/kg in poultry offal, and 0.5  mg/kg in wheat 
grain.  
− Prosulfocarb: 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes.  
(*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification.  
b) The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and commoditi es: 
− Azoxystrobin: 0.01(*) mg/kg in eggs, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.01(*) 
mg/kg in mammalian meat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian offal, 0.005 mg/kg in milk, 
0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry fat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry meat, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
poultry offal . 
− Cyantraniliprole: 0.02 mg/kg in mammalian kidney, 0.03 mg/kg in mammalian liver, 
and 0.02 mg/kg in milk.  
− Diflufenican: 0.02(*) mg/kg in eggs, 0.02(*) mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.02(*) 
mg/kg in mammalian meat, 0.02(*) mg/kg in mammalian offal, 0.01(*) mg/kg  in G/SPS/N/NZL/635  
 
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  milk, 0.01(*) mg/kg in peas (without pods), 0.02(*) mg/kg in poultry meat, and 
0.02(*) mg/kg in poultry offal.  
− Fluxapyroxad: 0.01(*) mg/kg in eggs, 0.03 mg/kg in mammalian offal, 0.01(*) 
mg/kg in poultry fat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry meat, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
poultry  offal. 
− Folpet: 0.6 mg/kg in barley grain, 0.05(*) mg/kg in eggs, 0.05(*) mg/kg in 
mammalian meat, 0.05(*) mg/kg in mammalian offal, 0.05(*) mg/kg in milk, 
0.05(*) mg/kg in poultry meat, and 0.05(*) mg/kg in poultry offal.  
− Metolachlor: 0.01 (*) mg/kg in potatoes.  
− Tebuconazole: 0.01(*) mg/kg in eggs, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.01(*) 
mg/kg in mammalian kidney, 0.07 mg/kg in mammalian liver, 0.01(*) mg/kg in 
mammalian meat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in milk, 0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry fat, 0.01(*) 
mg/kg in poultry meat, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in poultry offal.  
(*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification.  
c) The addition of exemptions from compliance with a MRL for the following compounds:  
− 1-triacontanol, when used as a plant growth regulator on pasture, in Schedule 2 
(agricultural chemicals) of the Notice.  
− Eugenol, when used as a fungicide on grapevines, in Schedule 2 (agricultural 
chemicals) of the Notice.  
− Geraniol, when used as a fungicid e on grapevines, in Schedule 2 (agricultural 
chemicals) of the Notice.  
− Thymol, when used as a fungicide on grapevines, in Schedule 2 (agricultural 
chemicals) of the Notice.  
d) The amendment of existing exemptions from compliance with a MRL for the followin g 
compounds:  
− The Schedule 2 (agricultural chemicals) entry for hydrogen peroxide, to extend its 
use as a fungicide and bactericide on fruits to both fruits and vegetables.  
− The Schedule 3 (veterinary medicines) entry for vaccine and diagnostic antigens, to 
clarify that the entry allows for the use of vacterial cell wall components used as 
immunostimulants to be exempt from compliance with a MRL.  
e) The removal of an existing exemption from compliance with a MRL in Schedule 2 of the 
Notice for didecyl dimethy l ammonium chloride (DDAC), as this compound is no longer 
approved for use as an agricultural compound in New Zealand.  
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 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  G/SPS/N/NZL/635  
 
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  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) :  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] 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) : 25 September 2020  
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: +(644) 894 0431  
Fax: +(644) 894 0733  
E-mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz   
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations/  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Aut hority, [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: +(644) 894 0431  
Fax: +(644) 894 0733  
E-mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz   
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations/