Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 1)1
I, Kareena Arthy, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, acting in accordance with my powers under subsection 32(1) and having regard to s 7A of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992, make this instrument for the purposes of subsection 6(1) and the reference in paragraph 14(5)(f) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code which is a Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.
Kareena Arthy
Chief Executive Officer
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of March 2013
This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 1).
This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Amendment of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) 2012
Schedule 1 to this Instrument amends the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) 2012.
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[1] Part 1, section 3
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3 Object
The object of this Instrument is to establish approved standards for residues of chemical products in protected commodities.
Note Section 7A of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 requires the APVMA to publish, in an appropriate manner, in each calendar year approved standards for residues of chemical products in protected commodities.
[2] Subsection 4(4)
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the APVMA.
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the APVMA. Prior to the making of this Instrument, the APVMA published the MRL Standard on its website.
[3] Schedule, Part 1 Preliminary, subsection 1(7)
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Australian Standards SAA 2706-1984
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Australian Standards SAA 2706-2003
[4] Schedule, Part 2 The Tables, after subsection 3(1)
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(1A) Unless otherwise stated, the residue definitions are established both for compliance with MRLs and for estimation of dietary intake for dietary risk assessment. Where separate definitions for compliance and for dietary risk are established they are identified and the compliance definition must be used for comparison with MRLs established in Table 1.
[5] Schedule, Table 1 - MRLs of agricultural and veterinary chemicals and associated substances in food commodities
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated foods and MRLs
COMPOUND | FOOD | MRL (mg/kg) |
Cyflufenamid |
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DF 0269 | Dried grapes (= Currants, Raisins and Sultanas) | 0.5 |
MO 0105 | Edible offal (Mammalian) | *0.01 |
PE 0112 | Eggs | *0.01 |
VC 0045 | Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits | 0.1 |
FB 0269 | Grapes | 0.1 |
MM 0095 | Meat [mammalian][in the fat] | *0.01 |
ML 0106 | Milks | *0.01 |
PO 0111 | Poultry, Edible offal of | *0.01 |
PM 0110 | Poultry meat [in the fat] | *0.01 |
for each of the following compounds, omit the associated foods and MRLs listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed under 'substitute' (if any)
COMPOUND | FOOD | MRL (mg/kg) |
Fluazifop-butyl |
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OMIT: |
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VA 0384 | Leek | T0.5 |
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VA 0384 | Leek | T0.7 |
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Flutriafol |
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OMIT: |
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GS 0659 | Sugar cane | T0.3 |
SUBSTITUTE: |
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GS 0659 | Sugar cane | *0.01 |
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Metsulfuron-methyl |
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OMIT: |
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SO 0698 | Poppy seed | T*0.01 |
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SO 0698 | Poppy seed | *0.01 |
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Triclabendazole |
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OMIT: |
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ML 0812 | Cattle milk | T*0.05 |
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Triclopyr |
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OMIT: |
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SO 0698 | Poppy seed | T*0.01 |
SUBSTITUTE: |
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SO 0698 | Poppy seed | *0.01 |
for each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below
COMPOUND | FOOD | MRL (mg/kg) |
Bifenazate |
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DH 1100 | Hops, dry | T3 |
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Dimethoate |
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VO 0440 | Egg plant | T0.02 |
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Fluazifop-butyl |
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VO 0440 | Egg plant | T0.1 |
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Fluazinam |
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VR 0589 | Potato | *0.01 |
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Fludioxonil |
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TN 0664 | Chestnuts | T1 |
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Pyraclostrobin |
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VD 0536 | Mung bean (dry) | T0.2 |
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Spirotetramat |
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VS 0624 | Celery | 5 |
FI 0351 | Passion fruit | 0.5 |
VD 0541 | Soya bean (dry) | T5 |
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Terbuthylazine |
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GC 0640 | Barley | T*0.01 |
GC 0647 | Oats | T*0.01 |
GC 0654 | Wheat | T*0.01 |
[6] Schedule, Table 3 - Residue definitions
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues
COMPOUND | RESIDUE |
Cyflufenamid | Cyflufenamid |
[7] Schedule, Table 4 - MRLs for pesticides in animal feed commodities
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated animal feed commodities and MRLs
COMPOUND | ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY | MRL (mg/kg) |
Cyflufenamid |
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AB 0269 | Grape pomace, dry | 0.5 |
for each of the following compounds, omit the associated animal food commodities and MRLs listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed under 'substitute' (if any)
COMPOUND | ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY | MRL (mg/kg) | |||
Flutriafol |
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OMIT: |
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AM 0659 | Sugar cane fodder | T2 | |||
AV 0659 | Sugar cane forage | T2 | |||
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AM 0659 | Sugar cane fodder | *0.01 | |||
AV 0659 | Sugar cane forage | *0.01 | |||
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Spirotetramat |
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OMIT: |
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AL 0157 | Legume animal feeds | 20 | |||
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AL 0157 | Legume animal feeds [except soya bean forage and fodder] | 20 | |||
AL 0541 | Soya bean fodder | T50 | |||
AL 1265 | Soya bean forage (green) | T50 | |||
for the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below
COMPOUND | ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY | MRL (mg/kg) |
Pyraclostrobin |
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| Mung bean fodder | T2 |
| Mung bean forage | T2 |
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Terbuthylazine |
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| Cereal grain forage, fodder and straw [except Maize fodder; Maize forage; Sorghum forage (green); Sorghum straw and fodder, dry] | T5 |
[8] Schedule, Table 5 - Uses of substances where MRLs are not necessary
insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses
SUBSTANCE | USE |
Z, Z-3, 13-octadecadien-1-yl acetate | In dispensers for mating disruption of clearwing persimmon borer (Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes) |
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Z, Z-3, 13-octadecadien-1-ol | In dispensers for mating disruption of clearwing persimmon borer (Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes) |
1 Note
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