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

NZFSA Public Discussion Paper 15/07

December 2007

Online ISBN number 978-0-478-31169-3 ISSN number 1177-7478

Print ISBN number 978-0-478-31168-6 ISSN number 1174-961X

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NZFSA seeks submissions from all interested parties on any aspect of the document. The following points may be of assistance in preparing comments:

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Please submit your response by 5:00pm on Friday 29 February 2008 to:

MRL Amendments, Policy Group, New Zealand Food Safety Authority

PO Box 2835, Wellington

Fax: (04) 894 2583

Email: policy@nzfsa.govt.nz

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents 3

Introduction 4

Background 4

Summary of Proposed Amendment 5

Next Steps 7

1 Proposal to set MRLs for Amitraz 8

2 Proposal to set an MRL for Azinphos-methyl 10

3 Proposal to set an MRL for Doramectin 12

4 Proposal to set MRLs for Marbofloxacin 15

5 Proposal to set an MRL for Myclobutanil 17

6 Proposal to set an MRL for Pyraclostrobin 19

7 Proposal to set an MRL for Quinoxyfen 22

8 Proposal to delete MRLs for Benalaxyl, Bromopropylate, sec-Butylamine, Methidathion, Methylene chloride, Naled, Nitrothal isopropyl and Phosmet 24

9 Proposal to exempt Ammonium thiosulphate 26

10 Proposal to exempt Extract of Azadirachta indica 28

11 Proposal to exempt 1, 4-dimethylnapthalene 30

12 Proposal to exempt Hydrogen peroxide 32

13 Proposal to exempt Peroxyacetic acid 34

14 Proposal to exempt Potassium bicarbonate 36

15 Proposal to delete the MRL exemption for Oestradiol 17β and its esters and conjugates 38