WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/329 
16 August 2005 
 (05-3640) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   
The NZFSA proposes to amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of 
Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2005 (No.2) in the following four ways:  
1. to set five new MRLs; 
2. to set one MRL exemption; 
3. to include new MRLs for 30 reassessed compounds; and 
4. to remove six de-registered compounds.  
The five proposed new MRLs are: 
• 0.01mg/kg for azoxystrobin on sweetcorn; 
• 0.002mg/kg for emamectin benzoate on grapes; 
• 0.01mg/kg for picoxystrobin on wheat and barley crops, including setting MRLs of 
0.01mg/kg for cattle muscle, fat and offal, due  to consumption of wheat and barley as 
animal feed crops; 
• 0.3mg/kg for quinoxyfen on grapes; and 
• 0.15mg/kg for cattle fat, 0.1 mg/kg for ca ttle muscle, 0.5mg/kg for cattle liver and 
0.25mg/kg for cattle kidney for toltrazuril. 
The proposed exemption is: 
• calcium polysulphide (lime sulphur), when used as a fungicide or an insecticide for any 
food-producing plant species. 
The 30 compounds for reassessment are: 
1. 1-methylcyclopropene 2. Endothal 3. Methabenthiazuron 
4. Acephate 5. Fenamiphos 6. Paclobutrazol 
7. Azaconazole 8. Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl 9. Phosphine 
10. Azoxystrobin 11. Fluazinam 12. Propiconazole 
13. Bentazone 14. Fluroxypyr 15. Spinosad 
16. Bifenthrin 17. Flusulfamide 18. Thiamethoxam 
19. Buprofezin 20. Fuberidazole 21. Tolyfluanid 
22. Chlorpyrifos 23. Halosulfuron-methyl 24. Tralkoxydim 
25. Clomazone 26. Imazapyr 27. Tri-allate 
28. Dodine 29. Isoproturon 30. Tribenuron-methyl 
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The de-registered compounds proposed for removal are: 
• Bitertanol • Nitrothal-Isopropyl 
• Methidiathion • Phosmet 
• Naled • Baquiloprim  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
countries using the agricultural compounds that are proposed for reassessment or removal, 
using any of the compounds for which new MRLs are proposed, or using the compound proposed for exemption, in relation to produ ce 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 2005 (No.2): WTO Consultation: 
August/September/October 2005, (English), (15 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 
2005 (No.2), as set out in section 3.   
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 7 of the New Zealand (Maximum Resi due Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food 
Standards 2005 (No.2) (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 0.1mg/kg, where 
that agricultural compound is not listed in  the domestic 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 Agricultura l Compounds) Food Standards 2005 (No.2) 
(English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   27 October 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   24 November 2005  G/SPS/N/NZL/329 
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12. Final date for comments:  12 October 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:    
NZ (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     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