Your views sought
As part of our work around food safety, MPI regularly reviews the Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds. We are currently proposing to amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2015 to include:
- new MRLs for six compounds
- exempt two new substances from MRLs
- remove the MRL for one compound which is no longer used; and
- make amendments to improve accuracy.
MPI is seeking your views on the below consultation document which provides more details on these proposals.
Documents and Links
Proposals to Amend (No.1) the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2015 [PDF, 236 KB]
Making a submission
The email address and closing date for submissions are provided above. MPI encourages respondents to forward comments electronically.
If you wish to forward submissions in writing, please send them to the following address:
MRL Consultation
ACVM Programmes and Appraisals
Systems Audit, Assurance and Monitoring
Regulation and Assurance Branch
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
Please 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 the information is commercially sensitive or they wish personal information to be withheld. Any decision to withhold information requested under the OIA is reviewable by the Ombudsman.
