WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/336 
30 November 2005 
 (05-5665) 
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 NZFSA proposes to amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits 
of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2005 (No.2) by adding four new MRLs.  The proposed new MRLs are:  
• 0.01mg/kg for azoxystrobin on maize;  
• 0.1mg/kg for flusilazole on citrus fruits; 
• 0.02mg/kg for prohexadione-calcium on pome fruits; and 
• 0.02mg/kg for trifloxystrobin on kiwifruit. 
 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
countries using any of the compounds for which new MRLs are proposed in relation to produce intended for export to Ne w 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:  November/December/ January 2005/2006, 
(Available in English), (8 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 
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 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 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 Agricultura l Compounds) Food Standards 2005 (No.2) 
(Available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  22 February 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  23 March 2006 
12. Final date for comments:  25 January 2006 
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  E-
mail:  policy@nzfsa.govt.nz  
 Website :  http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/policy- law/consultation/index.htm   G/SPS/N/NZL/336 
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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 4 470 2730  E-
mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz   
 Website :  
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tran sparency/notifi cations/index.htm