WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/420 
23 March 2009  
 (09-1425) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  NEW ZEALAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) 
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):  Maximum Residue Limits of agricultural compounds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Any countries using any of the compounds for 
which the new MRLs are proposed in relation to produce/commodities intended for export 
to New Zealand (refer also to section 8).  
5. Title of the notified document:  New Zealand Food Safety Authority:  Proposals for 
Amendment No. 3 the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2008, May 2009  Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  46 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/NZL/09_1070_00_e.pdf
 
6. Description of content:  The document referred to in secti on 5 contains technical details 
on proposals to amend the New Zealand (M aximum Residue Limits of Agricultural 
Compounds) Food Standards 2008.   
NZFSA proposes to add the following new MRLs to the Standards:  
• 0.1 mg/kg for boscalid in kiwifruit; 
• 0.05 mg/kg for boscalid in stonefruit; 
• 3 mg/kg for carbaryl in cabbages and tomatoes as a replacement for 3 mg/kg for 
carbaryl in vegetables; 
• 0.01 mg/kg for cyprodinil in bulb onions;  
• 0.5 mg/kg for fenitrothion in cereals as a replacement for 10 mg/kg for fenitrothion in 
cereals; 
• 0.01 mg/kg for fludioxonil in bulb onions; G/SPS/N/NZL/420 
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   • 0.5 mg/kg for methomyl in berries and other small fruits, and fruiting vegetables 
(except cucurbits) as a replacement for 0.3 mg/kg in berries and other small fruits, and 
fruiting vegetables (except cucurbits); 
• 0.01 mg/kg for propiconazole in olives; 
• 0.02 mg/kg for pyraclostrobin in kiwifruit and stonefruit; 
• 0.1 mg/kg for pyriproxyfen in cucumbers; 
• 1 mg/kg for pyriproxyfen in tomatoes; 
• 2 mg/kg for spinosad in sheep fat as a replacement for 0.2 mg/kg in sheep fat;  and 
• 0.5 mg/kg for spinosad in sheep kidneys and liver as a replacement for 0.05 mg/kg in 
sheep kidneys and liver. 
NZFSA proposes to delete the follo wing MRLs from the Standards: 
• MRLs for bitertanol, famphur and parathion-methyl;  and 
• MRLs for endosulfan. 
NZFSA proposes to add the following MRL exemption to the Standards: 
• Benzalkonium chloride when used as a fungicide on kiwifruit and olives; 
• Boric acid when used as a fungicide for wound treatment; 
• Iron-EDTA complex when used as a molluscicide; 
• Iron Phosphate when used as molluscicide;  and 
• Salicylic acid when used on fruit.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] 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)  Codex Pesticide Residues in Food and Codex Veterinary Drug 
Residues 
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] 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:  New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2008 (available in English)  G/SPS/N/NZL/420 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  25 May 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  29 May 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  26 June 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  11 May 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
NZ (MRL) Food Standards  
Policy Group  New Zealand Food Safety Authority  
P.O. Box 2835 
Wellington New Zealand Tel:  +(64 4) 894 5554 Fax:  +(64 4) 894 2583 Email:  policy@nzfsa.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:    
NZ (MRL) Food Standards  
Policy Group  New Zealand Food Safety Authority  P.O. Box 2835 
Wellington 
New Zealand Tel:  +(64 4) 894 5554 Fax:  +(64 4) 894 2583 Email:  policy@nzfsa.govt.nz Website:  http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/policy-law/consultation/index.htm