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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/NZL/131

Notification No.

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Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

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Title

Proposed changes to pesticides for medicinal cannabis

Objective

Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Protection of animal or plant life or health (TBT)

Product Covered

Medicinal cannabis (plants in HS chapter 6, plants and seeds in HS chapter 12, oils in HS chapter 15, etc.).

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HSCODE

12 - OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER; 06 - LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE; 15 - ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES

ICSCODE

11.120 - Pharmaceutics

Keywords

Human health

Specific Regions

Description

Medicinal cannabis products supplied in New Zealand are required to meet the pesticides requirements outlined in regulation 18 of the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations). However, this requirement is currently unworkable, and changes are being proposed to allow the use of certain active ingredients / agricultural chemicals to be used on cannabis intended to be used in products for inhalation, and to provide a mechanism where pesticides that are authorised for use on food crops can be used where products are intended for other routes of administration. The Ministry of Health is proposing a technical amendment to regulation 18 to broaden the pesticides that are permitted for use on medicinal cannabis in products and cannabis-based ingredients in New Zealand.To manage any health risk of broadening the use of pesticides on cannabis for medicinal use, the Ministry of Health is proposing to require that residues of pesticide active ingredients meet the calculated maximum limits outlined in Chapter 2.8.13 of the European Pharmacopoeia 11th edition, version 11.0, where the pesticide is not on the permitted pesticide active ingredient list and is for use on cannabis intended for routes of administration other than inhalation.For further information on the proposed updates to the Regulations please see the proactively released cabinet material at: Cabinet material: Improving the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme to better support economic and research opportunities | Ministry of Health NZ

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