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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/443 
18 October 2010  
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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 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Vegetables, fruit 
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. 2) the New Zealand (Maximum 
Residue Limits of Agricultural Compo unds) Food Standards 2010, NZFSA Discussion 
paper series; 08/10, October 2010   Language:  English  Number of pages:  35   
6. Description of content:  The document contains technical details on proposals to amend 
the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 
2010, as set out in section 3.   
NZFSA proposes to add the following new MR Ls to Schedule One of the New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2010:  
• 0.5mg/kg for chlorantraniliprole in avocados; 
• 1mg/kg for cyprodonil in grapes; 
• 0.1mg/kg for dichloroprop-P in mandarins and oranges; 
• 1mg/kg for fludioxonil in grapes; 
• 0.05mg/kg for fluopicolide in potatoes; 
• 0.01mg/kg for oxyfluorfen in brassica vegetables, grapes, kiwifruit, onions, pome 
fruits and stone fruits; 
• 3mg/kg for prochloraz in mushrooms; 
• 0.1mg/kg for propamocarb in potatoes; 
• 0.01mg//kg for propiconazole in apples; 
• 0.02mg/kg for spinetoram in potatoes and tomatoes. 
NZFSA proposes that the following exemptions be added to the MRL Standards: 
• boric acid when used on fruit trees; 
• unrefined plant extracts on food producing crops. G/SPS/N/NZL/443 
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  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 stan dard?  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:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  20 December 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  23 December 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  18 January 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  13 December 2010 
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:  Mrs 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@maf.govt.nz 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail add ress (if available) of other body:   Mrs Sally 
Jennings, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO  Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand.  Tel:  
+64 4 894 0431;  Fax:  +64 4 8 94 0733;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz  
Website:  http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/tr ansparency/notifications/index.htm