Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 5)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 seventh day of August 2013

 

 

1 Name of Instrument

  This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 5).

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

 

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)

Terbuthylazine

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

GC 0640

Barley

T*0.01

GC 0647

Oats

T*0.01

GC 0651

Sorghum

*0.01

GC 0654

Wheat

T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

GC 0080

Cereal grains [except Maize]

*0.01

 

 

 

Trifloxystrobin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VO 0445

Peppers, Sweet [capsicum]

T*0.1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VO 0445

Peppers, Sweet [capsicum]

T0.5

 


[2] Schedule, Table 4 - MRLs for pesticides in animal feed commodities

 

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)

Indoxacarb

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Pastures (mixed grasses/leguminous)

T1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Pastures (mixed grasses/leguminous)

1

 

 

 

Terbuthylazine

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Cereal grain forage, fodder and straw [except Maize fodder; Maize forage; Sorghum forage (green); Sorghum straw and fodder, dry]

T5

 

Forage of pulse crops (green)

5

 

Rape seed [canola] forage

5

AF 0651

Sorghum forage (green)

5

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities [except fodder and forage of sweet corn; Maize fodder; Maize forage; rape seed (canola) fodder; Sorghum straw and fodder, dry; straw and fodder of pulse crops (dry)]

5

 


[3] 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:

 

Indoxacarb

{T} As a bait for the control of fire ants in horticultural crops where contact with the edible commodities will not occur.

SUBSTITUTE:

 

Indoxacarb

As a bait for the control of fire ants in horticultural crops where contact with the edible commodities will not occur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Note

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