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Proposals to Amend the Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds Food Notice 2016

The document contains technical details on proposals to amend the 2017 Notice under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for agricultural compounds in New Zealand.

MPI proposes to amend Part 1, Schedule 1, and Schedule 2 of the Food Notice.

Part 1

MPI proposes to add a definition for 'active ingredient' to section 1.2 of Part 1: Requirements.

Schedule 1

MPI proposes new MRLs to the Food Notice and/or amend the existing entries for the following compounds: chlormequat, fluopyram, fluralaner, fluxapyroxad, halofuginone, lignocaine, oxathiapiprolin, and trifloxystrobin.

Schedule 2

MPI proposes to add the following exception from Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Chemicals (Schedule 2):

-         Active ingredients that are foods or food additives, when used as an agricultural compound;

MPI also proposes to amend the following exceptions from Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Chemicals (Schedule 2):

-         Microbial Active Ingredients, to better define these substances and the conditions of their exception; and Iron-EDTA Complex and Iron phosphate, to combine these entries and extend their scope to encompass elemental iron compounds used as agricultural compounds.