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Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 16

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.    New MRL entries for the following compounds and commodities:

·       Penflufen: 0.01(*) mg/kg in potatoes;

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

·       Fluopyram: 0.01(*)mg/kg in kiwifruit;

·       Glufosinate-ammonium: correction of CAS number;

·       Mecoprop: Inlcude mecoprop-P, the refined isomer, in the description;

·       Piperonyl butoxide: 0.05 mg/kg in meat, fat and offal from cattle and deer, and milk.

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

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

·      Calcium and its salts, when used for calcium supplementation to treat or prevent post-calving hypocalcaemia.