Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 4)1

 

 

 

I, Rajumati Bhula, Executive Director, Pesticides and delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, 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.

 

 

 

 

Rajumati Bhula

Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

 

 

Dated this Nineteenth day of July 2013

 

 

1 Name of Instrument

  This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 4).

2 Commencement

  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.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] 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)

Sulfoxaflor

 

 

VB 0040

Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flowerhead brassicas [except Cauliflower]

3

VB 0404

Cauliflower

0.1

GC 0080

Cereal grains

*0.01

FS 0013

Cherries

3

FC 0001

Citrus fruits

0.7

SO 0691

Cotton seed

0.3

DF 0269

Dried grapes (=Currants, Raisins and Sultanas)

10

MO 0105

Edible offal (Mammalian)

0.5

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.01

VC 0045

Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits

0.5

VO 0050

Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits

1

FB 0269

Grapes [except Wine-grapes]

3

VL 0053

Leafy vegetables [except Lettuce, Head]

5

VL 0482

Lettuce, Head

1

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

0.2

ML 0106

Milks

0.1

FP 0009

Pome fruits

0.5

VR 0589

Potato

0.01

PM 0111

Poultry, Edible offal of

*0.01

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.01

SO 0495

Rape seed [canola]

*0.01

VR 0075

Root and tuber vegetables [except Potato]

0.05

VD 0541

Soya bean (dry)

0.3

FS 0012

Stone fruits [except Cherries]

1

FB 1236

Wine-grapes

*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)

Abamectin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VL 0483

Lettuce, Leaf

T0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VL 0483

Lettuce, Leaf

T1

 

 

 

Azoxystrobin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Bergamot

T10

VL 0465

Chervil

T10

 

Coriander (leaves, stem and roots)

T10

HS 0779

Coriander seed

T10

HS 0730

Dill seed

T10

HS 0731

Fennel seed

T10

HH 0726

Herbs

T10

 

Kaffir lime leaves

T10

 

Lemon grass

T10

DT 1111

Lemon verbena (dry leaves)

T10

 

Rose and dianthus (edible flowers)

T10

VL 0496

Rucola (rocket)

T10

HH 4731

Salad burnett

T10

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Bergamot

T50

 

Burnet, Salad

T50

VL 0465

Chervil

T50

 

Coriander (leaves, stem, roots)

T50

HS 0779

Coriander, seed

T50

HS 0730

Dill seed

T50

HS 0731

Fennel, seed

T50

HH 0092

Herbs

T50

 

Kaffir lime leaves

T50

 

Lemon grass

T50

DT 1111

Lemon verbena (dry leaves)

T50

 

Rose and dianthus (edible flowers)

T50

VL 0496

Rucola [rocket]

T50

 

 

 

Imidacloprid

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

HS 0784

Ginger, root

T0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

HS 0784

Ginger, root

T0.3

 

 

 

Indoxacarb

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VO 0448

Tomato

0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VO 0448

Tomato

T0.5

 

 

 

Linuron

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VA 0384

Leek

T0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VA 0384

Leek

*0.02

 

 

 

Methomyl

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FI 0345

Mango

T*0.05

 

 

 

Oxytetracycline

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

WC 0979

Shrimps of Prawns

T0.2

 

 

 

Praziquantel

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Fish muscle/skin

T*0.01

 

 

 

Pyraclostrobin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FI 0351

Passion fruit

T0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FI 0351

Passion fruit

T1

 

 

 

Tilmicosin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

ML 0812

Cattle milk

T*0.025

 

 

 

Trichlorfon

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Fish muscle

T*0.01

 

 

 

Uniconazole-p

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FI 0332

Custard apple

T1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FI 0332

Custard apple

T*0.01

 


for each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below

 

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Abamectin

 

 

VP 0063

Peas (pods and succulent = immature seeds)

T0.5

 

 

 

Acetamiprid

 

 

FT 0295

Date

T5

 

 

 

Azoxystrobin

 

 

 

Mexican tarragon

T50

 

Mizuna

T50

DT 1114

Tea, Green, Black (black, fermented and dried)

T20

 

 

 

Boscalid

 

 

FS 0013

Cherries

T3

 

 

 

Clothianidin

 

 

FS 0240

Apricot

T2

 

 

 

Etoxazole

 

 

VC 0045

Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits

T0.1

 

Ivy gourd

T0.1

 

Pointed gourd

T0.1

 

 

 

Imidacloprid

 

 

 

Coriander (leaves, stem, roots)

T5

FT 0295

Date

T1

TN 0666

Hazelnuts

T*0.01

HH 0092

Herbs

T5

 

Kaffir lime leaves

T5

 

Lemon balm

T5

 

Lemon grass

T5

 

Mizuna

T5

 

Rose and dianthus (edible flowers)

T5

DT 0171

Teas (Tea and Herb teas)

T10

HS 0794

Turmeric, root

T0.05

 

 

 

Methoxyfenozide

 

 

VC 0424

Cucumber

T2

VL 0483

Lettuce, Leaf

T30

 

 

 

Paclobutrazol

 

 

VB 0400

Broccoli

T*0.01

 

 

 

Prochloraz

 

 

FI 0332

Custard apple

T2

 

 

 

Pyraclostrobin

 

 

FS 0013

Cherries

T1

 

 

 

Spirotetramat

 

 

DF 0269

Dried grapes (=Currants, Raisins and Sultanas)

T3

FB 0269

Grapes

T0.7

FP 0009

Pome fruits

T0.5

FS 0012

Stone fruits

T1

 

 

 

Trifloxystrobin

 

 

VO 0448

Tomato

0.7

[2] Schedule, Table 3 - Residue definitions

insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues

 

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Sulfoxaflor

Sulfoxaflor

 

[3] 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)

Sulfoxaflor

 

 

AB 0226

Apple pomace, dry

2

 

Canola fodder (dry)

3

 

Canola forage (green)

3

AB 0001

Citrus pulp, dry

5

 

Cotton seed meal and hulls

0.5

AF 0081

Forage of cereal grains (green)

2

AB 0269

Grape pomace, dry

20

AL 0541

Soya bean fodder

5

AL 1265

Soya bean forage (green)

5

 

Soya bean hulls

0.5

AS 0081

Straw and fodder of cereal grains (dry)

1

 

Tomato pomace, dry

20

 

for the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below

 

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Spirotetramat

 

 

AB 0226

Apple pomace, dry

T2

AB 0269

Grape pomace, dry

T1

 


[4] Schedule, Table 5 - Uses of substances where MRLs are not necessary

 

for each of the following substances, omit the associated uses listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated uses listed under 'substitute' (if any)

 

SUBSTANCE

USE

OMIT:

 

Sulphur

  • Fungicide on fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices and edible flowers

SUBSTITUTE:

 

Sulphur

  • Fungicide on cereals, fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices and edible flowers

 

1 Note

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