Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2019 (No. 3)1

 

 

 

I, Jason Lutze, Executive Director, Risk Assessment Capability, 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 Third day of April 2019

 

 

1 Name of Instrument

  This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2019 (No. 3).

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)

Fluopyram

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

MO 0105

Edible offal (Mammalian)

0.3

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

*0.02

SO 0495

Rape seed [canola seed]

T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

MO 0105

Edible offal (Mammalian)

0.5

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.02

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

0.1

PO 0111

Poultry, Edible offal of

*0.02

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.02

SO 0495

Rape seed [canola seed]

*0.01

Glyphosate

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

SO 0088

Oilseed [except Cotton seed, Linseed, Peanut, Poppy seed, Rape seed, Sunflower seed]

T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

SO 0088

Oilseed [except Cotton seed, Linseed, Peanut, Poppy seed, Rape seed, Sesame seed, Sunflower seed]

T*0.01

SO 0700

Sesame seed

T20

Praziquantel

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

WS 0952

Tuna

T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Fish muscle

T*0.02

 

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

 

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Bromoxynil

 

 

SO 3154

Hempseed

T*0.02

Chlorantraniliprole

 

 

SO 3154

Hempseed

T1

SO 0700

Sesame seed

T0.5

Diflubenzuron

 

 

 

Fish muscle

T*0.002

Haloxyfop

 

 

SO 3154

Hempseed

T0.1

Imazamox

 

 

VD 0533

Lentil (dry)

T*0.01

Imazapyr

 

 

VD 0533

Lentil (dry)

T*0.01

Indoxacarb

 

 

SO 3154

Hempseed

T*0.05

Mandestronin

 

 

VP 0061

Beans, except broad bean and soya bean

0.7

MO 0105

Edible offal (Mammalian)

0.02

VL 0482

Lettuce, Head

0.7

VL 0483

Lettuce, Leaf

7

MM 0095

Meat [mammalian] [in the fat]

0.02

ML 0106

Milk

*0.02

Pyrethrins

 

 

MO 0105

Edible offal (Mammalian)

*0.05

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.05

MM 0095

Meat [mammalian] [in the fat]

*0.05

ML 0106

Milks

*0.05

PO 0111

Poultry, Edible offal of

*0.05

PM 0110

Poultry meat [in the fat]

*0.05

Sethoxydim

 

 

SO 0700

Sesame seed

T0.5

Trichlorfon

 

 

 

Fish muscle

T*0.01

 

[2] 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)

Mandestrobin

 

 

AL 0061

Bean fodder

70

AL 1030

Bean forage (green)

70

 

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)

Fluopyram

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Canola forage (green)

T2

 

Canola fodder (dry)

T0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Canola fodder (dry)

0.03

 

Canola forage (green)

3

 

Primary feed commodities [except Canola fodder (dry) and Canola forage (green)

0.3

Imazamox

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

AL 0157

Legume animal feeds [except faba bean forage and fodder, mung bean forage and fodder, peanut forage (green), pea vines (green), soya bean forage (green)]

1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

AL 0157

Legume animal feeds [except faba bean forage and fodder, lentil forage and fodder, mung bean forage and fodder, peanut forage (green), pea vines (green), soya bean forage (green)]

1

 

Lentil forage and fodder

T3

 

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

 

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Diquat

 

 

 

Oilseed forage and fodder

30

Haloxyfop

 

 

 

Hemp forage

T10

 

Hemp fodder

T0.5

Indoxacarb

 

 

 

Hemp forage and fodder

T10

Sethoxydim

 

 

 

Sesame seed fodder and forage

T10

 

 

 

 

 

[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:

 

Aureobasidium pullulans strains DSM 14940 and DSM 14941

When used on grapes

SUBSTITUTE:

 

Aureobasidium pullulans strains DSM 14940 and DSM 14941

When used on food producing crops

 

 

1 Note

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