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AgVetLink: Number 56, June 2006

MRL Update

A number of technical and typographical errors have been found in Schedule One of the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2005 (No.2) and Amendment No.1 to those Standards.

Schedule One is the main table of the Standards, containing the maximum residue limits (MRLs). Schedules Two and Three of the Standards cover MRL exemptions for plant compounds and veterinary medicines, respectively. The errors and corrections relate only to Schedule One.

The purpose of this notification is to bring the corrections to your attention, and to provide you with the opportunity to comment.

The issues have arisen through technical drafting errors, and largely relate to inconsistencies between the wording of what was already in the Standards, and the wording in Amendment No.1 to the Standards. Additionally, some of these corrections affect the proposals contained in the discussion document currently out for consultation (due to close on 21 June 2006).

The errors and corrections do not materially affect the MRLs themselves (except in the case of toltrazuril), but generally relate to other issues, such as residue definitions and chemical abstract service (CAS) numbers.

There are two documents relating to these errors and corrections. One is a document outlining the errors and proposed corrections, the other is a draft re-issue of the Schedule, with the corrections colour coded. These documents can be accessed on the website (http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/policy-law/consultation/mrl-2006/nz-mrl-fs-2005-2-schedule-1re-issue.htm).

Please direct queries and requests for hard copies to:

MRL Food Standards

New Zealand Food Safety Authority

PO Box 2835, WELLINGTON

Email: policy@nzfsa.govt.nz

Fax: 04 463 2583

Phone: 04 463 2535

Once the re-issued Schedule is finalised, it will form part of the regular consolidation of the Standards that happens once a year, forming new Standards — the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2006. This is due to occur early-mid August. The new consolidated Standards will then be posted on the NZFSA website.