WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/320 
21 March 2005 
 (05-1180) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NEW ZEALAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   
(a) Under the New Zealand (Maximum Residue  Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food 
Standards 2005, it is proposed to set a MRL for: 
• Bupirimate, at 0.01 mg/kg, when used as a fungicide on cucurbits; 
• Cyfluthrin, at 0.02 mg/kg, when used as an insecticide on sweetcorn; 
• Cyromazine, at 0.3 mg/kg for sheep meat and 0.3 mg/kg for edible offal, when 
used as a topical insecticide on sheep to be used for meat or edible offal;  
• Flumethrin, at 0.05 mg/kg for honey and 1.0 mg/kg for other bee products, when 
used as an acaricide for bees producing honey and other bee products;  and 
• Thiacloprid, at 0.05 mg/kg for avocados, 0.02 mg/kg for pome fruit and 
0.02 mg/kg for kiwifruit, when used as an insecticide.  
(b) Under the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food 
Standards 2005, it is proposed to exempt: 
• Doxapram hydrochloride, when used as respiratory stimulant in any mammalian 
food producing species; 
• Ethyl Formate, when used as a post-harvest treatment to cereal grains, oilseeds and 
bananas; 
• Eugenol and its isomers, when used as a fish anaesthetic;  and 
• Phosphorus/phosphonic acids, when used as a fungicide upon food producing plant 
species. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
countries using the agricultural compounds (a bove) in relation to the produce/products 
(above) intended for export to New Zealand (refer also to section 8).  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricu ltural Compounds) Food Standards 2005:  
Amendment One:  Consultation:  March 2005.  Explanatory discussion paper, (available in 
English, 20 pages). 
6. Description of content:  The discussion paper proposes amendments to the New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2005, as set out in 
section 3.   G/SPS/N/NZL/320 
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 7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
Clause 8 of the New Zealand (Maximum Resi due Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food 
Standards 2005 (the domestic MRL standards) states, inter alia , that: 
• domestically produced food containing residues of agricultural compounds up to but 
not exceeding the domestic MRL standards may be sold in New Zealand; and 
• domestically produced food containing residues of agricultural compounds not 
exceeding 0.1mg/kg, where that agricultural compound is not listed in the domestic 
MRL standard, or that compoun d is not listed in the domestic  MRL standard in relation 
to that food (type, kind or class), may be sold in New Zealand. 
Imported food may be sold in New Zealand provided that it complies with either the 
conditions above, or contains residues of an  agricultural compound no greater than the 
maximum residue limits specified for that com pound and that food in the current editions 
or supplements of the FAO/WHO Codex A limentarius Commission publications titled 
Pesticide Residues in Food  or Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods . 
Of the compounds being consulted on, only cyfl uthrin has a related Codex MRL, set at 
0.5mg/kg for maize.   
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2005 (available in 
English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   16 May 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   16 June 2005 
12. Final date for comments:  2 May 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
MRL Food Standards  
Policy Group  
New Zealand Food Safety Authority  PO Box 2835 Wellington New Zealand  
Tel:  +64 4 463 3416;  Fax:  +64 4 463 2583;  E-mail:  policy@nzfsa.govt.nz
 
Website:  http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/policy-law/consultation/index.htm   G/SPS/N/NZL/320 
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 13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Coordinator, SPS New Zealand  
PO Box 2526  101-103 The Terrace 
Wellington 
New Zealand 
Tel: +64 4 474 4140;  Fax:  +64 4 474 4257;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz
  
Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tr ansparency/notifications/index.htm