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Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 38

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:

The addition of new MRL entries for the following compounds:

-         Benzylpenicillins: 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian meat, 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian offal, and 0.004 mg/kg in milk;

-         Clavulanic acid: 0.1 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle offal, and 0.05(*) mg/kg in cattle milk;

-         Cloxacillin: 0.05 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle kidney, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle liver, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle meat, and 0.03 mg/kg in milk;

-         Erythromycin: 0.05 mg/kg in eggs, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry fat, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry meat, and 0.1 mg/kg in poultry offal;

-         Ethofumesate: 0.01(*) mg/kg in onions, bulb. Metobromuron: 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes;

-         Pydiflumetofen: 0.2 mg/kg in grapes, 0.03 mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat, 0.03 mg/kg in mammalian offal, 0.02 mg/kg in milk, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes;

-         Tylosin: 0.1 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.1 mg/kg in cattle offal, 0.3 mg/kg in eggs, 0.1 mg/kg in goat fat, 0.1 mg/kg in goat meat, 0.1 mg/kg in goat offal, 0.05(*) mg/kg milk, 0.1 mg/kg in pig fat, 0.1 mg/kg in pig meat, 0.1 mg/kg in pig offal, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry fat, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry meat, 0.1 mg/kg in poultry offal, 0.1 mg/kg in sheep fat, 0.1 mg/kg in sheep meat, and 0.1 mg/kg in sheep offal;

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

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

-         Amoxicillin: 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian meat, 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian offal, and 0.004 mg/kg in milk;

-         Ampicillin: 0.05 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle offal, and 0.004 mg/kg in milk;

-         Cefquinome: 0.02 mg/kg in cattle milk;

-         Clomazone: 0.05(*) in winter squash;

-         Fludioxonil: 0.02 mg/kg in mammalian fat, 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian kidney, 0.05 mg/kg in mammalian liver, 0.01(*) mg/kg in mammalian meat, and 0.01(*) mg/kg in milk;

-         Lasalocid: 0.15 mg/kg in eggs;

-         Tilmicosin: 0.05 mg/kg in cattle fat, 0.05 mg/kg in cattle meat, 0.3 mg/kg in cattle kidney, 1 mg/kg in cattle liver, 0.05 mg/kg in sheep fat, 0.05 mg/kg in sheep meat, 0.3 mg/kg in sheep kidney, 1 mg/kg in sheep liver, and 0.05 mg/kg in milk;

-         Tulathromycin: 0.1 mg/kg in milk;

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

The addition of exemptions from compliance with a MRL for the following compounds:

-         Cod liver oil, when used as a topical antifungal or antibacterial treatment, in Schedule 3 (veterinary medicines) of the Notice;

-         Smectite clays, when used for binding mycotoxins in food-producing animals, in Schedule 3 (veterinary medicines) of the Notice;

The amendment of the title of Schedule 2, to change the wording from "Exemptions from Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Chemicals" to "Agricultural Chemicals for which No Maximum Residue Level Applies";

The amendment of the title of Schedule 3, to change the wording from "Exemptions from Maximum Residue Levels for Veterinary Medicines" to "Veterinary Medicines for which No Maximum Residue Level Applies".