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Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2008

Summary of Proposed Amendment

New MRLs

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

• 0.1mg/kg for boscalid in kiwifruit;

• 0.05mg/kg for boscalid in stonefruit;

• 3mg/kg for carbaryl in cabbages and tomatoes as a replacement for 3mg/kg for carbaryl in vegetables;

• 0.01mg/kg for cyprodinil in bulb onions;

• 0.5mg/kg for fenitrothion in cereals as a replacement for 10mg/kg for fenitrothion in cereals;

• 0.01mg/kg for fludioxonil in bulb onions;

• 0.5mg/kg for methomyl in berries and other small fruits, and fruiting vegetables(except cucurbits) as a replacement for 0.3mg/kg in berries and other small fruits, and fruiting vegetables(except cucurbits)

• 0.01mg/kg for propiconazole in olives;

• 0.02mg/kg for pyraclostrobin in kiwifruit and stonefruit;

• 0.1mg/kg for pyriproxyfen in cucumbers;

• 1mg/kg for pyriproxyfen in tomatoes;

• 2mg/kg for spinosad in sheep fat as a replacement for 0.2mg/kg in sheep fat;

• 0.5mg/kg for spinosad in sheep kidneys and liver as a replacement for 0.05mg/kg in sheep kidneys and liver;

MRL Deletions

NZFSA proposes to delete the following MRLs from the Standards:

• MRLs for Bitertanol, Famphur and Parathion-methyl

• MRLs for Endosulfan

New MRL Exemptions

NZFSA proposes to add the following MRL exemption to the Standards:

• Benzalkonium chloride when used as a fungicide on kiwifruit and olives

• Boric acid when used as a fungicide for wound treatment

• Iron-EDTA complex when used as a molluscicide

• Iron Phosphate when used as molluscicide

• Salicylic acid when used on fruit.