Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2018 (No.10)1

 

 

 

I, Jason Lutze, Executive Director, Scientific Assessment and Chemical Review and delegate 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 subparagraph 5A(3)(b)(iii) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code which is a Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason Lutze

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

 

 

Dated this Sixteenth day of October 2018

 

 

1 Name of Instrument

  This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2018 (No. 10)

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)

Fluesulfone

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

MO 0105

Edible offal (Mammalian)

*0.03

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.03

VC 0045

Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits

2

MM 0095

Meat [mammalian]

*0.03

ML 0106

Milks

*0.03

PO 0111

Poultry, Edible offal of

*0.03

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.03

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

GC 0080

Cereal grains

0.05

MO 0105

Edible offal (Mammalian)

*0.01

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.01

VC 0045

Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits

0.5

MM 0095

Meat [mammalian]

*0.01

ML 0106

Milks

*0.01

SO 0088

Oilseeds

0.05

PO 0111

Poultry, Edible offal of

*0.01

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.01

VD 0070

Pulses

0.05

VR 0075

Root and tuber vegetables

2

GS 0659

Sugar cane

*0.03

 

 

 

Imazapyr

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

GC 0640

Barley

*0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

GC 0640

Barley

0.7

Linuron

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VL      0465

Chervil

T1

 

Coriander (leaves, stems and roots)

T1

HH  0092

Herbs

T1

 

Lemon grass

T1

         DT      1111

Lemon Verbena

T1

        

Mizuna

T1

         VL       0496

Rucola [rocket]

T1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

HH  0740

Parsley

T1

Paclobutrazol

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VO 0448

Tomato

T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VC 0045

Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits

T*0.01

VO 0050

Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits [except fungi; mushrooms; sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)]

T*0.01

Spiroxamine

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

GC 0640

Barley

T*0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

GC 0640

Barley

0.03

PE      0112

Eggs

*0.02

PO      0111

Poultry, Edible offal of

*0.05

PM     0110

Poultry, Meat

*0.05

 

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

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Fenhexamid

 

 

FB     0020

Blueberries

T5

Fipronil

 

 

VD     0541

Soya bean (dry)

T*0.01

Indoxacarb

 

 

TN 0669

Macadamia nuts

T*0.01

Hexythiazox

 

 

MO 0105

Edible offal (Mammalian)

*0.01

        MM     0095

Meat [mammalian]

*0.01

ML     0106

Milks

*0.01

Halosulfuron-methyl

 

 

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.01

Sulfoxaflor

 

 

FB 0264

Blackberries

T0.7

FB 0020

Blueberries

T0.7

Tebuconazole

 

 

FI 0355

Pomegranate

T*0.01

[2] Schedule, Table 3 - Residue definitions

for each of the following compounds, omit the associated residue listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated residue listed under 'substitute'

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

OMIT:

 

Fluensulfone

Sum of fluensulfone, 3,4,4-trifluorobut-3-ene-1-sulfonic acid (M-3627) and 5-chloro-thiazole-2-sulfonic acid (M-3625)

SUBSTITUTE:

 

Fluensulfone

Commodities of plant origin for enforcement: Sum of fluensulfone and 3,4,4-trifluorobut-3-ene-1-sulfonic acid (M-3627), expressed as fluensulfone

Commodities of plant origin for dietary exposure assessment: Fluensulfone

Commodities of animal origin: Fluensulfone

 

 [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)

Fluensulfone

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities [except Sugar cane forage and fodder]

10

 

Sugar cane forage and fodder

*0.03

 

Tomato pomace, dry

2

Hexythiazox

 

 

AB 0226

Apple pomace, dry

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)

Imazapyr

 

 

OMIT

 

 

 

Forage and fodder of cereal grains [except maize fodder and maize forage]

0.7

SUBSTITUTE::

 

 

 

Forage and fodder of cereal grains [except maize fodder and maize forage]

1

Spiroxamine

 

 

OMIT

 

 

 

Barley forage

T1

AS 0640

Barley straw and fodder, dry

T1

SUBSTITUTE::

 

 

 

Barley forage

5

AS 0640

Barley straw and fodder, dry

1

 

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

 

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Fipronil

 

 

AL 0541

Soya bean fodder

T*0.01

AL 1265

Soya bean forage (green) [fresh weight]

T*0.01

 

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

 

insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses

 

SUBSTANCE

USE

Azoxystrobin

As a fungicide on myrtaceous seeds

Triadimenol

As a fungicide on myrtaceous seeds

 

for the following substances, insert in alphabetical order the associated uses listed below

 

SUBSTANCE

USE

Cypermethrin

As a fungicide on myrtaceous seeds

Fludioxonil

As a fungicide on myrtaceous seeds

 

omit the following substances and associated uses

 

SUBSTANCE

USE

Fumagillin

Treatment of Nosema disease in bees

 

1 Note

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