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Notifying Member: NEW ZEALAND

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Ministry for Primary Industries

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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): Vegetables, fruit, animal products, and other food products

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 20

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/NZL/25_06797_00_e.pdf

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Description of content: The document contains technical details on proposals to amend the current Notice issued under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for agricultural compounds in New Zealand.

MPI proposes the following amendments to the Notice:

1._    The amendment of existing MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities:

·_        Dicamba: 0.01(*) in eggs, 0.02 mg/kg in poultry meat, 0.04 mg/kg in poultry fat, and 0.07 mg/kg in poultry offal;

·_        Lasalocid, to revise the compound name to lasalocid sodium and marker residue definition to 'Lasalocid A', to remove the MRLs for eggs and poultry offal, and to set new MRLs at 0.02 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.02 mg/kg in cattle kidney, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle liver, 0.01(*) mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.02 mg/kg in goat fat, 0.02 mg/kg in goat kidney, 0.1 mg/kg in goat liver, 0.01(*) mg/kg in goat meat, 0.005(*) mg/kg in milk, 0.6 mg/kg in poultry kidney, 1.2 mg/kg in poultry liver, 0.6 mg/kg in poultry skin/fat, and 0.4 mg/kg in poultry meat;

·_        Myclobutanil: to change the reference to 'cucurbits (inedible peel') to 'Cucurbits – Melons, Pumpkins, and Winter Squashes' to align with Codex crop grouping 11B;

·_        Proquinazid, to change the reference to 'cucurbits (inedible peel)' to 'Cucurbits – Melons, Pumpkins, and Winter Squashes' to align with Codex crop grouping 11B, and to change the reference cucurbits (edible peel)' to 'Cucurbits – Cucumbers and summer squashes to align with Codex crop grouping 11A;

·_        Quinoxifen, to change the reference to 'cucurbits (inedible peel') to 'Cucurbits – Melons, Pumpkins, and Winter Squashes' to align with Codex crop grouping 11B;

·_        Trifloxystrobin, to change the reference to 'cucurbits (inedible peel') to 'Cucurbits – Melons, Pumpkins, and Winter Squashes' to align with Codex crop grouping 11B.

(*) indicates that the maximum residue level has been set at or about the limit of analytical quantification.

2._    Removal of MRL entries for the following compound:

·_        Hydrocortisone aceponate, as a specific analytical method is not currently available.

3._    The addition of one new entry in Schedule 3 for veterinary medicines for which no maximum residue level applies:

·_        Ethanol, when used in a dairy animal teat wipe.

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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.

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X]       Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):

-_        CAC/GL 84-2012: Principles and Guidance on the Selection of Representative Commodities for the Extrapolation of Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides to Commodity Groups

CAC/MRL1: Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Pesticides

-_       CAC/MRL2: Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management Recommendations (RMRs) for Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods

[ ]        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:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): To be determined – Promulgation will occur once the document is finalised post-consultation.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 7 December 2025

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E-mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz

Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/importing/overview/access-and-trade-into-new-zealand/world-trade-organization-notifications/

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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E-mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz

Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-and-resources/consultations