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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/453 
29 April 2011  
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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:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) 
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; animal and other food products 
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. 1) the New Zealand (Maximum 
Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2011, MAF Discussion Paper 
No: 2011/3.  April 2011  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  19 
6. Description of content:  The document contains technical details on proposals to amend 
the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 
2011.  
MAF proposes to add the following new MRLs to Schedule One of the New Zealand 
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2011:  
• 0.01mg/kg for forchlorfenuron when used as a plant growth regulator on apples; 
• 0.02mg/kg for thiacloprid when u sed as an insecticide on potatoes; 
• 0.3mg/kg for spirotetramat when u sed as an insecticide on tomatoes; 
• 0.01mg/kg, and 0.05mg/kg for phosphine when used as an insecticide on: any food 
(except cereal grains and pome fruits); and pome fruits (respectively);  and 
• 9mg/kg, 4mg/kg, and 4mg/kg for nicarbazin when used as a coccidiostat on 
poultry: edible offal; muscle; and skin/fat (respectively). 
MAF proposes that the following exemptions be added to Schedule Two of the New 
Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2011: 
• Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride when applied as a fungicide on pipfruits;  
• Ethylene when used for ripening and de-greening of fruits;  and 
• Phosphorous acid when directly used as an agricultural compound, and a 
representative of the use of fosetyl aluminium as an agricultural compound. 
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  MAF proposes that the following exemptions be added to Schedule Three of the New 
Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2011: 
• Lecirelin when used as a treatment of fer tility disorders of ovarian origin and/or 
anoestrus, for the purpose of inducing ovulation and increasing conception rates in cattle, horses, and rabbits. 
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) :  15 July 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  21 July 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  18 August 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 2011 
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.  Te l:  +(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)  894 0733;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz  
Website:  http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tran sparency/notifications/index.htm