Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2019 (No. 1)1

 

 

 

I, Alan Norden, Executive Director, Registration Management and Evaluation 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alan Norden

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

 

 

Dated this Twenty-third day of January 2019

 

 

1 Name of Instrument

  This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2019 (No. 1).

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)

Azoxystrobin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VB 0040

Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flowerhead brassicas

0.7

VL 0054

Brassica leafy vegetables [except mizuna]

2

VA 0036

Bulb Vegetables [except Fennel, Bulb, Onion, Bulb]

2

VL 0464

Chard [Silverbeet]

T3

VL 0465

Chervil

T50

VA 0380

Fennel, bulb

T0.1

VL 0482

Lettuce, Head

15

VL 0483

Lettuce, Leaf

15

 

Mizuna

T50

VL 0496

Rucola [Rocket]

T50

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VB 0040

Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flowerhead brassicas

1

VA 0035

Bulb Vegetables [except Onion, Bulb]

5

VL 0053

Leafy vegetables

15

VA 0385

Onion, Bulb

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bifenthrin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VP 0526

Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)

T1

VC 0424

Cucumber

T0.5

 

Peppers, chilli, other cultivars

T0.5

FI 0353

Pineapple

T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VP 0526

Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)

0.7

VC 0424

Cucumber

0.5

 

Peppers, chilli, other cultivars

0.5

FI 0353

Pineapple

*0.01

 

 

 

Cyproconazole

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VD 0070

Pulses

T0.07

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VD 0524

Chick-pea (dry)

0.03

VD 0533

Lentil (dry)

0.03

 

 

 

Difenoconazole

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FB 1235

Table-grapes

2

FB 1236

Wine-grapes

0.02

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FB 0269

Grapes

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fenoxycarb

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FT 0305

Olives

T1

OC 0305

Olive oil, virgin

T3

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

SO 0305

Olives for oil production

2

OC 0305

Olive oil, virgin

7

FT 0305

Table Olives

2

 

 

 

Fenvalerate

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FT 0305

Olives

T1

OR 0305

Olive oil, refined

T7

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

SO 0305

Olives for oil production

T1

OC 0305

Olive oil, crude

T5

FT 0305

Table olives

T1

 

 

 

Phosphorous acid

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FI 0326

Avocado

T500

TN 0085

Tree nuts

T3000

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FI 0326

Avocado

500

TN 0085

Tree nuts

3000

 


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

 

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Fipronil

 

 

VR 0577

Carrot

T0.05

 

 

 

Florpyrauxifen-benzyl

 

 

GC 0651

Sorghum

T*0.02

 

 

 

Thiabendazole

 

 

VR 0505

Taro

T5

 [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)

Bifenthrin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

AL 0061

Bean fodder

T20

AL 1030

Bean forage (green)

T20

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

AL 0061

Bean fodder

20

AL 1030

Bean forage (green)

20

AM 0353

Pineapple fodder

*0.01

AV 0353

Pineapple forage

*0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cyproconazole

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Pulse forage and fodder

T5

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Pulse forage and fodder

3

 

 

 

Difenoconazole

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

AB 0269

Grape pomace, dry

0.1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

AB 0269

Grape pomace, dry

10

 

 

 

Saflufenacil

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Forage and fodder of cereal grains

1

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains

*0.1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Forage and fodder of cereal grains [except Sorghum forage (green)[fresh weight]; Sorghum 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)

Florpyrauxifen-benzyl

 

 

AS 0651

Sorghum straw and fodder, dry

T0.1

 

 

 

Propiconazole

 

 

 

Forage and fodder (dry) of prairie grass

T1

 


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

insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses

 

SUBSTANCE

USE

Bromelain

For use in piglets

 

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

Cholecalciferol

 

OMIT:

 

 

For use in bait stations within strawberry crops

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

For use as a rodenticide in bait stations within horticultural cropping areas

 

 

1 Note

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