NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015

(a) by the amount of residues of such chemicals that could be present in food when they are used at the minimum effective level and using Good Agricultural Practice (GAP); and

(b) after an assessment of the potential risk to public health and safety at that level.

1.4.2—3 Definitions and interpretation

Note In this Code (see section 1.1.2—2):

agvet chemical means an agricultural chemical product or a veterinary chemical product, within the meaning of the Agvet Code.

Note The Agvet Code is the Code set out in the Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 (Cth). See subsection 4(1) of the FSANZ Act.

extraneous residue limit or ERL, for an agvet chemical in a food, means the amount identified in Schedule 21 for the permitted residue of that agvet chemical in that food.

maximum residue limit or MRL, for an agvet chemical in a food, means the amount identified in Schedule 20 for the permitted residue of that agvet chemical in that food.

(1) In this Standard:

permitted residue, of an *agvet chemical, means a chemical that is identified in Schedule 20 or Schedule 21 as being a permitted residue in relation to the agvet chemical.

(2) When calculating the amount of a permitted residue in a food:

(a) only calculate the amount that is in the portion of the commodity that is specified in Schedule 22; and

(b) if the permitted residue consists of more than 1 chemical, calculate the amount of all such chemicals that are present in the food.

(3) Unless a maximum amount of a permitted residue of an *agvet chemical is specified for a processed food, the same maximum amount applies to both the processed and the unprocessed food.

(4) In this Standard, and in Schedule 20 and Schedule 21, a reference to a particular food is to the food as described in Schedule 22.

1.4.2—4 Maximum residue limit of agvet chemicals in foods

(1) A food for sale may contain a permitted residue of an *agvet chemical if:

(a) the agvet chemical is listed in Schedule 20; and

(b) the food consists of, or has as an ingredient, a food that is listed in relation to that agvet chemical in Schedule 20; and

(c) the amount of the permitted residue of the agvet chemical in the food complies with subsection (2) or subsection (3), as appropriate.

(2) For a food for sale that consists of a food that is listed in relation to that *agvet chemical in Schedule 20, the amount of the permitted residue of the agvet chemical in the food complies with this subsection if the amount is not greater than the amount identified in relation to that food for that agvet chemical in Schedule 20.

(3) For a food for sale that has 2 or more ingredients, 1 or more of which is a food that is listed in relation to the agvet chemical in Schedule 20, the amount of the permitted residue of the agvet chemical in the food complies with this subsection if the amount is not greater than the amount MRL* calculated in accordance with the following equation:

MRL = ∑ (Weight(j) / Weight) × MRL(j)

where:

N is the number of ingredients of the food that are listed in Schedule 20 in relation to that agvet chemical.

Weight(j) is the weight of the jth such ingredient.

Weight is the total weight of the food.

MRL(j) is the amount identified in relation to the jth ingredient for a permitted residue of that agvet chemical in Schedule 20.

1.4.2—5 Extraneous residue limit of agvet chemicals in foods

(1) A food for sale may contain a permitted residue of an *agvet chemical if:

(a) the agvet chemical is listed in Schedule 21; and