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Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2007

8 Proposal to delete MRLs for Benalaxyl, Bromopropylate, sec-Butylamine, Methidathion, Methylene chloride, Naled, Nitrothal isopropyl and Phosmet

It is proposed that Schedule One of the NZ (MRL) Food Standards 2007 be amended by deleting the following MRLs:

The final entries for benalaxyl and bromopropylate in Schedule One of the NZ (MRL) Food Standards 2007 will therefore read:

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

Amendment Rationale

No remaining entries for sec-butylamine, methidathion, methylene chloride, naled, nitrothal isopropyl and phosmet will be present in Schedule One of the NZ (MRL) Food Standards 2007. The above MRLs in the first table are proposed to be deleted as the use patterns for each active ingredient are no longer considered to be in-use within New Zealand. This has been determined to be the situation, given that no agricultural compound trade name products have been registered under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 with the above label use patterns over the last five years. The remaining MRLs listed in the second table represent the use patterns that still remain approved in New Zealand.

International MRLs

To meet New Zealand’s obligations under the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures the proposed MRL deletion will be notified to the World Trade Organization. Any country may choose to comment if they believe the proposed MRL deletion represent a barrier to their trade.