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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 2) 2020

I, Jason Lutze, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.

Dated 2nd March 2020

Jason Lutze

Delegate

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 2) 2020.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered

 

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 6(2), for the purposes of subparagraph 5A(3)(b)(iii) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code, as scheduled to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Instrument 2019

1  Schedule 1, Table 1—MRLs in food commodities

Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated foods and MRLs:

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Paracetamol

 

 

 

Pig fat/skin

*0.1

MO 1284

Pig kidney

*0.1

MO 1285

Pig liver

*0.1

 

Pig muscle

*0.1

 

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)

Chlorantraniliprole

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FB 0275

Strawberry

T0.5

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FB 0275

Strawberry

0.5

 

 

 

Cyanamide

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

TN 0678

Walnuts

T*0.02

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

TN 0660

Almonds

*0.01

TN 0678

Walnuts

*0.02

 

 

 

Linuron

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VR 0578

Celeriac

T0.5

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VR 0578

Celeriac

T3

 

 

 

Metolachlor

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VD 0536

Mung bean (dry)

T*0.05

VD 0070

Pulses {except Soya beans (dry); Adzuki beans (dry); Mung beans (dry)}

*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VD 0070

Pulses {except Soya beans (dry); Adzuki beans (dry)}

*0.01

Permethrin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VL 0053

Leafy vegetables {except Lettuce, head; Lettuce, leaf}

T5

VD 0070

Lemon verbena (fresh weight)

T5

 

 

 

Spinetoram

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

TN 0085

Tree nuts {except Almonds}

0.02

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

TN 0085

Tree nuts

0.02

 

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

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Bupirimate

 

 

VO 0448

Tomato

T1

 

 

 

Cyazofamid

 

 

SO 0698

Poppy seed

T*0.01

 

 

 

Diafenthiuron

 

 

SO 0697

Peanut

T0.3

VD 0541

Soya bean (dry)

T0.3

 

 

 

Fludioxonil

 

 

FI 0350

Papaya

T5

 

 

 

Fluopicolide

 

 

HH 0722

Basil

T30

 

 

 

Fluxapyroxad

 

 

FP 0226

Apple

0.7

 

 

 

Indoxacarb

 

 

TN 0678

Walnuts

T0.02

 

 

 

Propamocarb

 

 

HH 0722

Basil

T150

 

 

 

Sethoxydim

 

 

TN 0666

Hazelnuts

T*0.03

 

2  Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions

Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues:

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Paracetamol

Paracetamol

 


3  Schedule 1, Table 4—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)

Glyphosate

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities {except Canola meal; Cotton forage; Linseed meal; Soya bean hulls; Soya bean aspirated grain fractions}

200

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities {except Cotton forage; Rape seed [canola] forage and fodder}

200

 

Rape seed [canola] forage and fodder

300

 

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

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Bentazone

 

 

AL 0157

Legume animal feeds

T0.3

 

 

 

Cyanamide

 

 

 

Almond hulls

*0.01

Diafenthiuron

 

 

AL 0697

Peanut forage and fodder

T2

AL 1265

Soya bean forage and fodder

T2

 

 

 

Fluxapyroxad

 

 

AB 0226

Apple pomace, dry

5

 

 

 

Spinetoram

 

 

 

Almond hulls

4