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Proposals to Amend (No. 2) the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2008

Summary of Proposed Amendment

NZFSA has reviewed the estimated dietary exposure assessments for the applications of these proposals and has determined that the residues associated with the proposed MRLs do not present any public health and safety concerns.

New MRLs

NZFSA proposes to add the following new MRLs to the Standards:

• Boscalid in grapes (5mg/kg) and in pome fruits (0.05mg/kg);

• Clomazone in brassica vegetables (0.01mg/kg) and in carrots (0.02mg/kg);

• Cyprodinil in stone fruit (except cherries) (0.02mg/kg);

• Emamectin benzoate in avocados (0.005mg/kg);

• Fenbendazole in mammalian fat (0.05mg/kg), mammalian kidney (0.05mg/kg), mammalian liver (0.5mg/kg), mammalian muscle (0.05mg/kg);

• Mandipropamid in bulb onions (0.01mg/kg) and in green onions (0.2mg/kg);

• Monepantel in sheep fat (7mg/kg), sheep liver (5mg/kg), sheep kidney (2mg/kg) and in sheep muscle (0.7mg/kg);

• 1-Naphthylacetic in mandarins (Satsuma and Encore) (0.01mg/kg);

• Oxfendazole in mammalian fat (0.05mg/kg), mammalian kidney (0.05mg/kg), mammalian liver (0.5mg/kg), mammalian muscle (0.05mg/kg);

• Pyraclostrobin in grapes (3mg/kg).