New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2013

Pursuant to sections 11C and 11L of the Food Act 1981, the Minister for Food Safety issues the following food standards for the purposes of setting the maximum permissible limits at which residues of agricultural compounds may be present in specified types of food and revokes the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2012 (and all amendments made to those standards).

1 Title
These standards are the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Limits of Agricultural Compounds) Food Standards 2013
2 Commencement
These standards come into force on the 8th day of August 2013.
3 Interpretation
In these standards, unless the context otherwise requires, ─agricultural compound has the meaning given to it by section 2 of the Agricultural
Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 maximum residue limit or MRL means, in relation to a residue, the maximum permissible level of that residue pest has the meaning given to it by section 2 of the Agricultural Compounds and  Veterinary Medicines Act 1997.