Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The document contains technical details on proposals to amend the 2017 Notice under the Food Act 2014 that lists the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for agricultural compounds in New Zealand.
MPI proposes to amend Part 1, Schedule 1, and Schedule 2 of the Food Notice.
Part 1
MPI  proposes  to  add  a  definition  for  'active  ingredient'  to  section  1.2  of  Part  1: 
Requirements.
Schedule 1
MPI  proposes  new  MRLs  to  the  Food  Notice  and/or  amend  the  existing  entries  for  the following  compounds:  chlormequat,  fluopyram,  fluralaner,  fluxapyroxad,  halofuginone, lignocaine, oxathiapiprolin, and trifloxystrobin.
Schedule 2
MPI proposes to add the following exception from Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Chemicals (Schedule 2):
-  Active  ingredients  that  are  foods  or  food  additives,  when  used  as  an  agricultural compound;
MPI  also  proposes  to  amend  the  following  exceptions  from  Maximum  Residue  Levels  for Agricultural Chemicals (Schedule 2):
-  Microbial  Active  Ingredients,  to  better  define  these  substances  and  the  conditions  of their exception; and
-  Iron-EDTA  Complex  and  Iron  phosphate,  to  combine  these  entries  and  extend  their scope to encompass elemental iron compounds used as agricultural compounds.