WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/360 
17 October 2006 
 (06-5002) 
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):   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 which the new MRLs are proposed in relation to 
produce/commodities 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 2006:  WTO Consultation:  October - December 2006 (Available in 
English, 18 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 
2006, as set out in section 3.  NZFSA proposes to add the following seven MRLs to Schedule One of the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) 
Food Standards 2006:  
• 3.0mg/kg for closantel in cattle fat, 3.0mg/kg for closantel in cattle kidney, 
1.0mg/kg for closantel in cattle liver and 1.0mg/kg for closantel in cattle muscle; 
• 0.15mg/kg for doramectin in milk; 
• 0.02mg/kg for fenpropidin in barley a nd 0.02mg/kg for fenpropidin in wheat; 
• 0.01mg/kg for mesotrione in maize; 
• 0.01mg/kg for pinoxaden in cereal grains; 
• 0.01mg/kg for ractopamine in pig fat, 0.09mg/kg for ractopamine in pig kidney, 
0.04mg/kg for ractopamine in pig liver and 0.01mg/kg for ractopamine in pig muscle;  and 
• 0.3mg/kg for trifloxystrobin on citrus (except Clementine/Satsuma mandarins), 
0.02mg/kg for trifloxystrobin in grapes, 0.02mg/kg for trifloxystrobin in mandarins (Clementine/Satsuma) and 0.02mg/kg for trifloxystrobin in stone fruits (except 
cherries). 
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   G/SPS/N/NZL/360 
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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 6 of the New Zealand (Maximum Resi due Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food 
Standards 2006 (the domestic MRL st andards) 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 Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2006 (Available in English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  20 January 2007  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  17 February 2007  
12. Final date for comments:  6 December 2006  
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 4 463 3439 
Fax:  +64 4 463 2583 Email:  policy@nzfsa.govt.nz  
Website:  http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/policy-law/consultation/index.htm   G/SPS/N/NZL/360 
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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 8940431 Fax:  +64 4 8940731 E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz   
Website:  http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tr ansparency/notifications/index.htm