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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2021

I, Sheila Logan, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.

Dated    19 January 2021

Sheila Logan

Delegate

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2021.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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)

Fomesafen

 

 

        MO     0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

*0.02

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.02

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

*0.02

ML 0106

Milks

*0.02

PO 0111

Poultry, Edible offal of

*0.02

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.02

VD 0070

Pulses

*0.01

 

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:

 

 

VO 1275

Sweet corn (kernels)

T0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

         VO 0447

Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)

*0.01

 

 

 

Fluopyram

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

0.5

ML 0106

Milks

*0.02

SO 0495

Rape seed [canola]

*0.01


SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

All other foods

0.2

GC 0080

Cereal grains

0.03

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

0.7

VL 0482

Lettuce, head

15

VL 0483

Lettuce, leaf

15

ML 0106

Milks

0.1

SO 0088

Oilseed

0.03

VD 0070

Pulses

0.03

 

 

 

Metalaxyl

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

TN 0678

Walnuts

T0.3

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

TN 0678

Walnuts

T*0.01

 

 

 

Methomyl see also Thiodicarb

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FI 0345

Mango

T0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FI 0345

Mango

T*0.01

 

 

 

Prothioconazole

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VD 0070

Pulses

T0.7

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VD 0070

Pulses

*0.02

 

 

 

Spinetoram

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VA 0384

Leek

T0.2

VA 0385

Onion, bulb

T*0.01

VA 0387

Onion, Welsh

T0.3

VA 0388

Shallot

T0.3

VA 0389

Spring onion

T0.3

TN 0085

Tree nuts

0.02

SUBSITUTE:

 

 

         TN 0060

Almonds

*0.01

VA 0035

Bulb vegetables [alliums]

0.1

SB 0715

Cacao beans

*0.01

FT 0291

Carob

0.1

TN 0085

Tree nuts {except Almonds}

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

 

 

TN 0678

Walnuts

T*0.01

 

 

 

Diflufenican

 

 

TN 0678

Walnuts

T*0.01

 

 

 

Trifloxystrobin

 

 

VL 0482

Lettuce, head

15

VL 0483

Lettuce, leaf

15


3  Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions

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

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Fomesafen

Fomesafen

 

4  Schedule 1, Table 4—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)

Fomesafen

 

 

 

Pulse forage and fodder (fresh weight)

*0.01

 

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)

Azoxystrobin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Fodder and forage of sweet corn

15

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Fodder and forage of sweet corn

T20

 

 

 

Diflufenican

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains

0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Barley forage

T0.5

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains {except Wheat straw and fodder, dry}

0.2

 

Wheat forage

T2

AS 0654

Wheat straw and fodder, dry

T0.5

 

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Fluopyram

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities {except Rape seed [canola] fodder, dry; Rape seed [canola] forage}

0.3

 

Rape seed [canola] fodder, dry

0.03

 

Rape seed [canola] forage

3

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities

5

 

 

 

Indoxacarb

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Peanut fodder

T30

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Peanut fodder

T50

 

 

 

Pyroxasulfone

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities

0.7

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities {except Wheat forage}

0.7

 

Wheat forage

T1

 

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

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Aclonifen

 

 

 

Barley forage

T1

 

Wheat forage

T5

 

 

 

Spinetoram

 

 

AM 1051

Fodder beet (fresh weight)

*0.01

AV 1051

Fodder beet leaves or tops

0.5

 

5  Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary

 Insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses:

SUBSTANCE

USE

 Sodium hypochlorite

When used as disinfectant in banana plant propagation material

 

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:

 

Melatonin

       Subcutaneous implant in sheep to regulate ovulation

SUBSTITUTE:

 

Melatonin

       Subcutaneous implant in goats and sheep