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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/AUS/171 
9 December 2004 
 (04-5404) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   AUSTRALIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) 
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):  Foods in general. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
Countries.  Imported (as well as domestica lly produced) foods sold in Australia . 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:   Assessment Reports for 
Maximum Residue Limits Application:  A541 (Available in English, 41 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This Application (A541) seeks to amend MRLs for non-antibiotic 
agricultural and veterinary chemicals in AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND FOOD 
STANDARDS CODE (the code).  The MRL am endments under consideration in this 
Application are: the addition of the MRLs for the new chemicals boscalid, ethoxysulfuron, 
etoxazole, pinoxaden and pyraclostrobin; th e deletion of all entries for the chemical 
cloquintocet acid; the deletion of MRLs for certain foods for the chemicals carbendazim, deltamethrin, emamectin, iprodione, linuron an d metolachlor; the addition of MRLs for 
certain foods for the chemicals bifenthrin, carbendazim, chlorohexidine, deltamethrin, 
emamectin, procymidone and tebuconazole; the changing of MRLs for certain foods for the 
chemicals cloquintocet-mexyl, deltamethrin, emamectin, fludioxonil, guazatine, linuron, 
metolachlor, pendimethalin and spinosad; the changing of the residue definitions for 
cloquintocet-mexyl and fludioxonil; and the ad dition of temporary MR Ls for certain foods 
for the chemicals chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos, clofentezine, cloquintocet-mexyl, 
dithiocarbamates, imidacloprid, linuron, meto lachlor, metsulfuron-methyl, oryzalin, 
pyrimethanil, ractopamine, spiroxamine and thiodicarb. 
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. 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Australia New 
Zealand Food Standards Code  (English) G/SPS/N/AUS/171 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   Notification to Government anticipated in April 2005 with 
adoption (gazettal) to follow, pending Government consideration. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of Gazettal pending Government consideration 
(see 10. above). 
12. Final date for comments:  9 February 2005 
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:    
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 
PO Box 7186 
Canberra BC  ACT  2610 
Australia 
Fax:  + 61 2 6271 2278 E-mail:  info@foodstandards.gov.au
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Documents are available from the Food St andards Australia New Zealand website: 
www.foodstandards.gov.au/standardsdevelopment .   
Copies are also available from: 
The Australian SPS Contact  Point GPO Box 858 Canberra  ACT  2601 
Australia 
Fax:  +61 2 6272 3678 
Email:  sps.contact@daff.gov.au