Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code —
Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 4, 2021
I, Sheila Logan, delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, acting in accordance with my powers under subsection 11(1) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992, make this instrument for the purposes of subsection 82(1) of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.
Sheila Logan
Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Dated this Seventh day of July 2021
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of instrument
This instrument is the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Schedule 20 Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 4, 2021 (Amendment Instrument).
2 Commencement
In accordance with subsection 82(8) of the Food Standards Australia New
Zealand Act 1991, this instrument commences on the day it is published in the Gazette.
Note: A copy of the variations made by the Amendment Instrument was published in the Commonwealth of Australia Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Gazette.
3 Object
The object of this instrument is for the APVMA to make variations to Schedule 20 Maximum residue limits in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to include or change maximum residue limits
pertaining to agricultural and veterinary chemical products.
4 Interpretation
In this instrument: —
APVMA means the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines
Authority established by section 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992; and
Principal Instrument means Schedule 20 Maximum residue limits
in the Australia New Zealand Food Standard Code as defined in Section 4 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 being the Code published in Gazette No. P 27 on 27 August 1987 together with any amendments of the standards in that Code. Schedule 20 was published in the Food Standards Gazette FSC 96 on Thursday 10 April 2015 and was registered as a legislative instrument on 1 April 2015 (F2015L00468).
Part 2 Variations to Schedule 20—
Maximum Residue Limits
5 Variations to Schedule 20
The Schedule to this instrument sets out the variations made to the Principal Instrument by this instrument.
Variations to Schedule 20 – Maximum residue limits
[1] The table to section S20—3 in Schedule 20 is varied by
[1.1] omitting from each of the following chemicals, the foods and associated MRLs
Agvet chemical: Cypermethrin | |
Permitted residue: Cypermethrin, sum of isomers | |
Parsley | T5 |
Agvet chemical: Dimethomorph | |
Permitted residue: Sum of E and Z isomers of dimethomorph | |
Leek | 0.5 |
Onion, Welsh | 2 |
Agvet chemical: Fipronil | |
Permitted residue: Sum of fipronil, the sulphenyl metabolite (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) sulphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), the sulphonyl metabolite (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulphonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), and the trifluoromethyl metabolite (5-amino-4-trifluoromethyl-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile) | |
Cotton seed | *0.01 |
Poppy seed | *0.01 |
Rape seed (canola) | *0.01 |
Sunflower seed | *0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Fludioxonil | |
Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of fludioxonil and oxidisable metabolites, expressed as fludioxonil | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Fludioxonil | |
Chives | 3 |
Agvet chemical: Propiconazole | |
Permitted residue: Propiconazole | |
Pulses | T0.3 |
Agvet chemical: Sulfoxaflor | |
Permitted residue: Sulfoxaflor | |
Blackberries | T0.7 |
Blueberries | T0.7 |
Raspberries, red, black | T0.7 |
[1.2] inserting for each of the following chemicals the foods and associated MRLs in alphabetical order
Agvet chemical: Afidopyropen | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Afidopyropen | |
Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Afidopyropen and the carnitine conjugate of cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (M440I060), expressed as afidopyropen | |
Cane berries (= Blackberries; Dewberries (including Boysenberry; Loganberry and Youngberry)) | T0.3 |
Agvet chemical: Ametoctradin | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Ametoctradin | |
Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of ametoctradin and 6-(7-amino-5-ethyl [1,2,4] triazolo [1,5-a]pyrimidin-6-yl) hexanoic acid | |
Beetroot | 0.3 |
Bulb onions [except garlic; onion, bulb; shallot] | 0.7 |
Green onions [except leek; spring onion] | 3 |
Poppy seed | 0.7 |
Agvet chemical: Chlorantraniliprole | |
Permitted residue—plant commodities and animal commodities other than milk: Chlorantraniliprole | |
Permitted residue—milk: Sum of chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[((hydroxymethyl)amino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, expressed as chlorantraniliprole | |
Ginger, root | T0.1 |
Agvet chemical: Cyantraniliprole | |
Permitted residue: Cyantraniliprole | |
Common beans (pods and/or immature seeds) | T1 |
Agvet chemical: Cypermethrin | |
Permitted residue: Cypermethrin, sum of isomers | |
Coriander (leaves, roots, stems) | T5 |
Herbs | T5 |
Agvet chemical: Cyprodinil | |
Permitted residue: Cyprodinil | |
Basil | T5 |
Chives | T3 |
Herbs [except basil; chives] | T50 |
Dried herbs | T200 |
Agvet chemical: Dimethomorph | |
Permitted residue: Sum of E and Z isomers of dimethomorph | |
Bulb onions [except garlic; onion, bulb; shallot] | 0.5 |
Green onions [except spring onion] | 2 |
Agvet chemical: Fipronil | |
Permitted residue: Sum of fipronil, the sulphenyl metabolite (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) sulphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), the sulphonyl metabolite (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulphonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), and the trifluoromethyl metabolite (5-amino-4-trifluoromethyl-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile) | |
Oilseed | *0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Fludioxonil | |
Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of fludioxonil and oxidisable metabolites, expressed as fludioxonil | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Fludioxonil | |
Herbs | T20 |
Dried herbs | T70 |
Agvet chemical: Flumioxazin | |
Permitted residue: Flumioxazin | |
Mints | T*0.02 |
Hops, dry | T*0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Haloxyfop | |
Permitted residue: Sum of haloxyfop, its esters and conjugates, expressed as haloxyfop | |
Poppy seed | T0.1 |
Agvet chemical: Metalaxyl | |
Permitted residue: Metalaxyl | |
Chestnuts | T0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Omethoate | |
Permitted residue: Sum of dimethoate and omethoate, expressed as dimethoate | |
Olives for oil production | T2 |
Agvet chemical: Propiconazole | |
Permitted residue: Propiconazole | |
Soya bean (dry) | T0.2 |
Agvet chemical: Sulfoxaflor | |
Permitted residue: Sulfoxaflor | |
Cane berries (= Blackberries; Dewberries (including Boysenberry; Loganberry and Youngberry); Raspberries, red, black) | T1 |
[1.3] omitting for each of the following chemicals, the maximum residue limit for the food and substituting
Agvet chemical: Ametoctradin | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Ametoctradin | |
Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of ametoctradin and 6-(7-amino-5-ethyl [1,2,4] triazolo [1,5-a]pyrimidin-6-yl) hexanoic acid | |
Cucumber | 2 |
Agvet chemical: Chlorantraniliprole | |
Permitted residue—plant commodities and animal commodities other than milk: Chlorantraniliprole Permitted residue—milk: Sum of chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[((hydroxymethyl)amino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, expressed as chlorantraniliprole | |
Rice | T0.3 |
Agvet chemical: Dimethoate | |
Permitted residue: Sum of dimethoate and omethoate, expressed as dimethoate | |
Olive oil, refined | T0.3 |
Agvet chemical: Dimethomorph | |
Permitted residue: Sum of E and Z isomers of dimethomorph | |
Beetroot | 0.3 |
Agvet chemical: Fipronil | |
Permitted residue: Sum of fipronil, the sulphenyl metabolite (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) sulphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), the sulphonyl metabolite (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulphonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), and the trifluoromethyl metabolite (5-amino-4-trifluoromethyl-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile) | |
Carrot | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Fluopyram | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Fluopyram Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of fluopyram and 2-(trifluoromethyl)-benzamide, expressed as fluopyram | |
Dried grapes (= currants, raisins and sultanas) | 3 |
Edible offal (mammalian) | 0.7 |
Milks | 0.1 |
Agvet chemical: Metrafenone | |
Permitted residue: Metrafenone | |
Mushroom | T0.5 |
Agvet chemical: Omethoate | |
Permitted residue: Sum of dimethoate and omethoate, expressed as dimethoate | |
Olive oil, refined | T0.2 |