G/SPS/N/NZL/519  
 
26 June 2015  
(15-3306)  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; IC S 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 2015  
Language(s): English  Number of pages: 53 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/NZL/15_2444_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/NZL/15_2444_01_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 2014. 
MPI proposes to add the following new MRLs to the MRL Standards: 
 0.01(*) mg/kg for cyazofamid when used as a fungicide on potatoes; 
 0.6 mg/kg for cyprodinil when used as a fungicide on blackcurrants; 
 0.8 mg/kg for fludioxonil when used as a fungicide on blackcurrants; 
 0.05 mg/kg for fluopyram on grapes, and 0.01(*) mg/kg on kiwifruit when used as a 
fungicide; 
 0.15 mg/kg for kanamycin in milk when used an antibiotic in dairy cows; and 
 0.02(*) mg/kg for spinetoram when used as an insecticide on assorted tropical and 
subtropical fruits - inedible peel (except kiwifruit). 
MPI proposes to exempt the following substances from MRLs: 
 Extracts of Neotyphodium uncinatum strain AR1006 (containing the Loline alkaloids: 
N-acetylloline, N-acetylnorloline, N-formylloline) when used as an insecticide for food 
producing plant species; and 
 Extend the exemption of plant extracts (unrefined) to include extracts from 
Melaleuca alternifolia  (Tea Tree). 
MPI proposes to make the following amendments to the MRL Standards: 
 Proposal to delete the MRL for azinphos-methyl; 
 Amend a typographical error for the MRL of cyprodinil when used on strawberries; 
 Amend a typographical error in the spelling of fuberidazole; 
 Proposal to move Pegbovigrastim to Schedule 3; and 
 Proposal to combine the entry for streptomycin with the entry for 
dihydrostreptomycin and streptomycin. G/SPS/N/NZL/519 
 
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  Note: (*) indicates that the maximum residue limit has been set at or about the limit of 
analytical quantification. 
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 st andard? 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: 
Discussion document (available in English) 
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) : 25 August 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
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/tr ansparency/notifications/index.htm  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
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