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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/258
9 September 2003
(03-4701)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Lasalocid Sodium in poultry and Dorramectin in pigs
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
All countries.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed New Zealand
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standard 2002.  Explanatorydiscussion document in section 4, (available in English, 16 pages).
6. Description of content:  The New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural
Compounds) Food Standards 2002.   The discussion document proposes changes to the
Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) of the following two agricultural compounds:
• Lasalocid Sodium in poultry
• Dorramectin in pigs
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
• Lasalocid Sodium in Poultry Tissues (no existing MRLs in New Zealand)
• Doramectin in Pigs (no existing MRLs in New Zealand).
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: New Zealand
(Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2002, (available in
English).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   17 October 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   26 November 2003G/SPS/N/NZL/258
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12. Final date for comments:  6 October 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
'MRL Food Standard 2002',
Policy and Regulation Standards Group (Composition and labelling)
New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA),
PO Box 2835,
Wellington,
New Zealand.
Fax:  +64 4 463 2583,
E-mail:  policy@nzfsa.govt.nz
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ms Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, 101-103 The Terrace,
Wellington, New Zealand.  Tel:  + 64 4 474 4140;  Fax:  +64 4 470 2730;
E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz
Website:  www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm