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Proposals to amend the Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds Food Notice 2017

Background to MRLs

Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) are the maximum legal levels for residues of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines in food for sale in New Zealand. As new products and uses are registered, new MRLs are set and existing MRLs are adjusted as needed to ensure that residue levels remain as low as practicable without compromising the ability for the chemical to successfully do what is intended. MRLs are established for agricultural compounds to support good agricultural practice in New Zealand while ensuring risks associated with food safety are effectively managed.

What's being proposed?

Proposed changes to the Notice include:

  • a new definition for "active ingredient"
  • new and amended MRL entries for 8 agricultural compounds (agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines)
  • 3 proposals for new or amended exceptions from compliance with an MRL.

Have your say

MPI is inviting public comment on the changes proposed to the Food Notice. For each compound for which a comment is made, answer these questions:

  • On balance, do you oppose any of the commodity MRLs proposed for this compound?
  • Do you oppose an MRL being set at all for this compound for the commodity?
  • If an MRL is to be set for this compound for the commodity, do you disagree with the particular level proposed? If so, why do you disagree?
  • Do you oppose the addition of the new definition, or any of the changes to the exceptions?

Submissions close at 5pm on 29 January 2018.

Consultation document

Making a submission

Email your feedback on the consultation document by 5pm on 29 January 2018 to ACVM.Consultation@mpi.govt.nz

Make sure you include in your submission:

  • the title of the consultation document in the subject line of your email
  • your name and title (if applicable)
  • your organisation's name (if applicable)
  • your address
  • The answers to the questions posed above for each compound you are commenting on.

While we prefer email, you can send your submission by post to:

MRL Amendments
ACVM Programmes and Appraisals
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140
New Zealand.

Submissions are public information

Note that your submission is public information. Submissions may be the subject of requests for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA specifies that information is to be made available to requesters unless there are sufficient grounds for withholding it, as set out in the OIA.

Submitters may wish to indicate grounds for withholding specific information contained in their submission, such as information being commercially sensitive or they wish personal information to be withheld. MPI will take such indications into account when determining whether or not to release the information. Any decision to withhold information requested under the OIA is reviewable by the Ombudsman.

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