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Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 15

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 entries in Schedule 1, Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds, for the following compounds and commodities:

·        Amendments of the entries for brodifacoum, bromadiolone, flocoumafen, and pindone, to set new MRLs at 0.003 mg/kg for pig edible offal (except liver), and 0.004 mg/kg for pig liver, while retaining an MRL for 'any other food' at 0.001(*) mg/kg; and

·        Amendment of the entry for dieldrin and aldrin, to remove the 'any other food' MRL.

2.    The addition of four new entries in Schedule 1, for the following compounds and commodities:

·        New MRLs set for coumatetralyl, difenacoum, difethialone, and diphacinone at 0.003 mg/kg for pig edible offal (except liver), 0.004 mg/kg for pig liver, and 0.001(*) mg/kg for 'any other food'.

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