WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/376 
10 September 2007 
 (07-3771) 
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):   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.  
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 2: Consulta tion: August – October 2007 (Available in 
English, 25 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
NZFSA proposes to add the following nine MR Ls to Schedule One of the New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2007:   
• 0.1 mg/kg for abamectin in tomatoes as a replacement for the current 0.02 mg/kg 
for abamectin in tomatoes; 
• 1 mg/kg for carprofen in cattle fat, cattle kidney, cattle liver, horse fat, horse 
kidney, horse liver and milk; and 0.5 mg/kg for carprofen in cattle meat and horse 
meat; 
• 0.01 mg/kg for fenpropidin in mammalian fat and mammalian muscle; 0.02 mg/kg 
for fenpropidin in mammalian kidney; 0. 03 mg/kg for fenpropidin in mammalian 
liver; and 0.005 mg/kg for fenpropidin in milk; 
• 0.5 mg/kg for fenpropimorph in barley; 0.1 mg/kg for fenpropimorph in mammalian 
kidney; 1 mg/kg for fenpropimorph in mammalian liver; 0.01 mg/kg for fenpropimorph in milk; and 0.05 mg/kg for fenpopimorph in wheat as a 
replacement for the current 0.5 mg/kg for fenpopimorph in cereal grains; 
• 0.01 mg/kg for mandipropamid in potatoes; 
• 0.2 mg/kg for picoxystrobin in barley; and 0.01 mg/kg for picoxystrobin in 
mammalian fat, mammalian meat and mammalian offal as a replacement for the current 0.01 mg/kg for picoxystrobin in barley; 
• 0.05 mg/kg for pyrimethanil in apples; G/SPS/N/NZL/376 
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• 0.05 mg/kg for spinetoram in apples and pears; and 
• 1 mg/kg for spinosad in stonefruits as a re placement for 0.2 mg/kg for spinosad in 
stonefruits. 
 
NZFSA proposes to add the following MRL exemptions to the Standards:  
• 2-Propenoic acid, polymer with 2-propenal in broiler chickens and swine; and 
• Microbial pesticide organisms that meet specified conditions are to be exempted 
and will replace the current exemptions for: 
x Agrobacterium radiobacter strains K84 and K1026; 
x Bacillus subtilis strain QST713; 
x Beauveria bassiana strains indigenous to New Zealand; and 
x Cydia pomonella granulosis virus Mexican  strain. 
 
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 standards) 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 0.1 mg/kg, where 
that agricultural compound is not listed in the domestic MRL standard, or that 
compound is not listed in the domestic MRL sta ndard 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:  24 October 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  22 November 2007  G/SPS/N/NZL/376 
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  12. Final date for comments:  5pm Wednesday, 10 October 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, NewZealand  
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:   
Ms Sally Griffin, Coordinator,  SPS New Zealand  
PO Box 2526  
25 The Terrace Wellington, New Zealand 
Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431 
Fax: +(64 4) 894 0731 
E-mail: sps@maf.govt.nz   
Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tr ansparency/notifications/index.htm