WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/367 
25 May 2007 
 (07-2177) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   Food commodities  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  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, language and number of pages of the notified document:  New Zealand Food 
Safety Authority: New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) 
Food Standards 2007 Amendment: World Trade Or ganisation Notification of Consultation: 
April – June 2007 (available in English, 23 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The document contains technical details on proposals to amend 
the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 
2007, as set out in section 3.   
NZFSA proposes to add the following eleven MR Ls to Schedule One of the New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2007:  
• 0.01mg/kg for aminopyralid in mammalian fat, 0.3mg/kg for aminopyralid in 
mammalian kidney, 0.01mg/kg for aminopyralid in mammalian liver, 0.01mg/kg for aminopyralid in mammalian meat a nd 0.01mg/kg for aminopyralid in milk; 
• 0.5mg/kg for chlorothalonil in onions as a replacement for the current 5mg/kg for 
chlorothalonil in onions; 
• 0.01mg/kg for clothianidin in mammalian fat, 0.01mg/kg for clothianidin in 
mammalian kidney, 0.02mg/kg for clothianid in in mammalian liver, 0.01mg/kg for 
clothianidin in mammalian meat and 0.01mg/kg for clothianidin in milk; 
• 0.01mg/kg for cyanazine in beans, 0.01mg/kg for cyanazine in cereal grains, 
0.02mg/kg for cyanazine in onions, 0.02mg/ kg for cyanazine in peas, 0.01mg/kg for 
cyanazine in potatoes, 0.01mg/kg for cyanazine in pulses and 0.02mg/kg for 
cyanazine in sweetcorn; 
• 3mg/kg for fenhexamid in lemons and 3mg/kg for fenhexamid in oranges; 
• 0.02mg/kg for halofuginone in cattle fat,  0.03mg/kg for halofuginone in cattle 
kidney, 0.03mg/kg for halofuginone in cattle  liver and 0.01mg/kg for halofuginone 
in cattle meat;  G/SPS/N/NZL/367 
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   • 0.02mg/kg for milbemectin  in avoca dos as a replacement for the current 
0.005mg/kg for milbemectin  in avocados , 0.02mg/kg for milbemectin  in citrus 
fruits, 0.02mg/kg for milbemectin  in pome  fruits as a replacement for the current 
0.005mg/kg for milbemectin in apples, 0.02mg/kg for milbemectin  in stone fruits and 0.02mg/kg for milbemectin  in strawberries;  
• 0.2mg/kg for spiromesifen on cucumbers,  1mg/kg for spiromesifen in peppers 
(sweet) and 0.5mg/kg for spiromesifen in tomatoes; 
• 0.05mg/kg for spiroxamine on barley, 0.01mg/kg for spiroxamine on mammalian 
fat; 0.05mg/kg for spiroxamine on mammalia n kidney, 0.05mg/kg for spiroxamine 
on mammalian liver, 0.01mg/kg for spiroxamine on mammalian muscle, 0.05mg/kg for spiroxamine on grapes and 0.05mg/kg for spiroxamine on wheat; 
• 0.01mg/kg for thiacloprid in onions; and 
• 0.02mg/kg thiamethoxam in potatoes.  
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. 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 6 of the New Zealand (Maximum Resi due Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food 
Standards 2007 (the domestic MRL st andards) states, inter alia, that: 
• food containing residues of agricultural compounds up to but not exceeding the 
domestic MRL standards may be sold in New Zealand; and 
• food containing residues of agricultural compounds not exceeding 0.1mg/kg, where that 
agricultural compound is not listed in the dom estic MRL standard, or that compound 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 may contain residues of an agricultural compound no greater than the 
maximum residue limits specified for that compound and that food (type, kind or class) in the current editions or supplements of th e FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission 
publications titled Pesticide Residues in Food  or Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods . 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Co mpounds) Food Standards 2007 (available in 
English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  9 June 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  24 July 2007  G/SPS/N/NZL/367 
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  12. Final date for comments:  12 June 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
NZ (MRL) Food Standards  
Policy Group  
New Zealand Food Safety Authority  PO Box 2835 Wellington New Zealand 
 
Tel: +64 4 894 2692     Fax: +64 4 894 2583     Email: policy@nzfsa.govt.nz  
Website: http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/policy-law/consultation/index.htm  
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 4 470 2730     E-mail: sps@maf.govt.nz   
Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tran sparency/notifi cations/index.htm