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AgVetLink: Number 57, August 2006
MRL update
We have recently completed public consultation on The New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2006. This standard, as mentioned in the previous AgVetLink, proposed to amend several errors within the standards, as well as consolidate The New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2005 with the amendments made to it over the previous year. In addition to this, the following MRLs were to be included as part of the amendment:
Compound Common Name |
Food |
MRL (mg/kg) |
Azoxystrobin |
Onions Peas (without pods) Potatoes |
0.01(*) 0.02(*) 0.02 |
Fipronil |
Onions |
0.01 |
Fluoxastrobin |
Cereal grains |
0.01(*) |
Imidacloprid |
Lettuce |
1 |
Iprovalicarb |
Onions Potatoes |
0.05(*) 0.05(*) |
Prothioconazole |
Cereal grains |
0.02 |
Spinosad |
Citrus fruits |
0.05(*) |
Thiacloprid |
Stone fruits (except cherries) |
0.02(*) |
NOTE: (*) indicates that the maximum residue limit has been proposed at or about the limit of analytical quantification
And the following exemptions from the requirements from MRLs included:
Compound Common Name |
Condition |
Agrobacterium radiobacter Strains K84 and K1026 |
When used as a beneficial bacterium in the treatment of crown gall infections for food producing plant species |
Bacillus subtilis Strain: QST 713 |
When used as a fungicide or bactericide for food producing plant species |
Beauveria bassiana Strains indigenous to NZ) |
When used as a beneficial insecticide for the control of aphids, thrips and whitefly for food producing plant species |
Cydia pomonella granulosis virus (Mexican strain) |
Used to control coddling moth larvae for food producing plant species |
Fish oil |
For use as a plant compound |
Bronopol |
Salmonids and salmonid eggs |
We are currently preparing another round of MRLs for public consultation as part of the annual MRL process. This round, which is likely to propose the setting of MRLs for five compounds and two MRL exemptions, should be submitted for public consultation in September.
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