WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/411 
20 August 2008  
 (08-3936) 
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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Maximum residue limits of  agricultural compounds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
countries using any of the compounds for whic h the new MRLs are proposed in relation to 
produce/commodities intended for export to New Zealand (refer al so to section 8). 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  New Zealand Food Safety 
Authority:  Proposals to Amend (No. 2) the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of 
Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2008, Augu st 2008 (available in English, 29 pages) 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/sps/NZL/08_2544_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The document referred to in secti on 5 contains technical details on 
proposals to amend the New Zeal and (Maximum Residue  Limits of Agri cultural Compounds) 
Food Standards 2008.  
NZFSA proposes to include the following MR Ls to schedule one of the New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricu ltural Compounds) Food Standards 2008:  
• Boscalid in grapes (3 mg/kg) and in pome fruits (0.05 mg/kg); 
• Clomazone in brassica vegetables (0.01 mg/kg) and in carrots (0.02 mg/kg); 
• Cyprodinil in stone fruit (except cherries) (0.02 mg/kg);  
• Emamectin benzoate in avocados (0.005 mg/kg); 
• Fenbendazole in mammalian fat (0.05 mg/kg), mammalian kidney (0.05 mg/kg), 
mammalian liver (0.5 mg/kg), ma mmalian muscle (0.05 mg/kg); 
• Mandipropamid in bulb onions (0.01 mg/ kg) and in green onions (0.2 mg/kg); 
• Monepantel in sheep fat (7 mg/kg), sheep liver  (5 mg/kg), sheep kidney (2 mg/kg) and in 
sheep muscle (0.7 mg/kg); 
• 1-Naphthylacetic in mandarins (Sat suma and Encore) (0.01 mg/kg); 
• Oxfendazole in mammalian fat (0.05 mg/kg), mammalian kidney (0.05 mg/kg), 
mammalian liver (0.5 mg/kg), mamm alian muscle (0.05 mg/kg); and 
• Pyraclostrobin in grapes (2 mg/kg). G/SPS/N/NZL/411 
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  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 Residue Limits of  Agricultural Compounds) Food 
Standards 2008 (the domestic MRL standards) states, inter alia , that: 
• food containing residues of agricultural com pounds up to but not exceeding the domestic 
MRL standards may be sold in New Zealand; and 
• food containing residues of agricultural com pounds not exceeding 0.1 mg/kg, where that 
agricultural compound is not listed in the do mestic MRL standard, or that compound is 
not listed in the domestic MRL standard in re lation to that food (typ e, 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 Resi dues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods . 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2008 (available in 
English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  22 October 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  27 November 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  5 p.m. Wednesday 15 October 2008 
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 5554 
Fax:  +(64 4) 894 2583 
E-mail:  policy@nzfsa.govt.nz Website:  http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/policy -law/consultation/index.htm
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  13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion 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) 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