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Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code
Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 1, 2022

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 sixteenth day of February 2022


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 1, 2022 (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 20Maximum 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.

Schedule

Variations to Schedule 20 – Maximum residue limits

[1] The table to section S203 in Schedule 20 is varied by

[1.1] omitting the chemical residue definition for cyflumetofen and substituting the following

Agvet chemical:  Cyflumetofen

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Cyflumetofen

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of cyflumetofen and 2-trifluoromethylbenzoic acid, expressed as cyflumetofen

 

[1.2] inserting in alphabetical order

Agvet chemical:  Florylpicoxamid

Permitted residue: commodities of plant origin: Sum of florylpicoxamid and (2S)-1,1-bis(4-fluorophenyl)propan-2-yl N-{[3-(hydroxy)-4-methoxypyridin-2-yl]carbonyl}-L-alaninate (X12485649), expressed as florylpicoxamid

Permitted residue: commodities of animal origin: (2S)-1,1-bis(4-fluorophenyl)propan-2-yl N-{[3-(hydroxy)-4-methoxypyridin-2-yl]carbonyl}-L-alaninate (X12485649), expressed as florylpicoxamid

Edible offal (mammalian)

0.02

Eggs

*0.01

Meat (mammalian) (in the fat)

0.02

Milks

*0.01

Poultry meat (in the fat)

*0.01

Poultry, edible offal of

*0.01

Wheat

0.02

Wheat bran, unprocessed

0.07

 

[1.3] omitting from each of the following chemicals, the foods and associated MRLs

Agvet chemical:  Aclonifen

Permitted residue:  Aclonifen

Meat (mammalian)

T*0.01

Milks

T*0.01

Poultry meat

T*0.01

 

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:  Cyflumetofen

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Cyflumetofen

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of cyflumetofen and 2-trifluoromethylbenzoic acid, expressed as cyflumetofen

Grapes

0.6

Tomato

0.3

 

Agvet chemical:  Dicamba

Permitted residue:  Dicamba

Cotton seed

3

 

Agvet chemical:  Dithiocarbamates

Permitted residue:  Total dithiocarbamates, determined as carbon disulphide evolved during acid digestion and expressed as milligrams of carbon disulphide per kilogram of food

Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits [except roselle]

3

 

Agvet chemical:  Propiconazole

Permitted residue:  Propiconazole

Soya bean (dry)

T0.2

 

Agvet chemical:  Proquinazid

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Proquinazid

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of proquinazid and 3-(6-iodo-4-oxo-3-propyl-3H-quinazolin-2-yloxy)propionic acid, expressed as proquinazid

Tomato

0.3

 

Agvet chemical:  Trifloxystrobin

Permitted residue:  Sum of trifloxystrobin and its acid metabolite ((E,E)-methoxyimino-[2-[1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-ethylideneaminooxymethyl] phenyl] acetic acid), expressed as trifloxystrobin equivalents

Beans [except broad bean; soya bean]

0.06

Raspberries, red, black

3

 

[1.4] inserting for each of the following chemicals the foods and associated MRLs in alphabetical order

Agvet chemical:  Aclonifen

Permitted residue:  Aclonifen

Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]

*0.01

Milks [in the fat]

*0.01

Poultry meat [in the fat]

*0.01

 

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); Raspberries, red, black)

T0.3

 

Agvet chemical:  Bifenazate

Permitted residue:  Sum of bifenazate and bifenazate diazene (diazenecarboxylic acid, 2-(4-methoxy-[1,1′-biphenyl-3-yl] 1-methylethyl ester), expressed as bifenazate

Cos lettuce

T20

 

Agvet chemical:  Bixlozone

Permitted residue:  Bixlozone

All other foods except animal food commodities

0.01

Broad bean (dry)

*0.01

Field pea (dry)

*0.01

 

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

Sorghum grain and millet

T1

 

Agvet chemical:  Cyflumetofen

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Cyflumetofen

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of cyflumetofen and 2-trifluoromethylbenzoic acid, expressed as cyflumetofen

Dried grapes (currants, raisins and sultanas)

3

Edible offal (mammalian)

*0.03

Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits

2

Grapes (except dried)

0.7

Meat (mammalian)

*0.03

Milks

*0.003

 

Agvet chemical:  Cyprodinil

Permitted residue:  Cyprodinil

Peppers, chili (except dried)

T0.7

 

Agvet chemical:  Dicamba

Permitted residue:  Sum of dicamba, 3,6-dichloro-5-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzoic acid and 3,6-dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, expressed as dicamba

Cotton seed

3

 

Agvet chemical:  Dithiocarbamates

Permitted residue:  Total dithiocarbamates, determined as carbon disulphide evolved during acid digestion and expressed as milligrams of carbon disulphide per kilogram of food

Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits [except roselle; tomato]

3

Tomato

T5

 

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

Peppers, chili (except dried)

T2

 

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

Cane berries [except raspberries, red, black]

3

 

Agvet chemical:  Flupyradifurone

Permitted residue:  Flupyradifurone

Avocado

0.7

Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)

2

Edible offal (mammalian)

0.5

Eggs

*0.01

Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits

0.5

Mango

0.7

Meat (mammalian)

0.1

Milks

0.07

Papaya (pawpaw)

0.5

Poultry meat

*0.01

Poultry, edible offal of

*0.01

Sweet potato

0.07

 

Agvet chemical:  Imazapic

Permitted residue:  Sum of imazapic and its hydroxymethyl derivative

Oats

*0.02

 

Agvet chemical:  Imazapyr

Permitted residue:  Imazapyr

Oats

*0.01

 

Agvet chemical:  Imidacloprid

Permitted residue:  Sum of imidacloprid and metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinylmethylene moiety, expressed as imidacloprid

Avocado

0.2

Mango

0.2

Papaya (pawpaw)

0.2

 

Agvet chemical:  Moxidectin

Permitted residue:  Moxidectin

Goat meat (in the fat)

T0.5

Goat, edible offal of

T0.05

 

Agvet chemical:  Pendimethalin

Permitted residue:  Pendimethalin

Oats

T*0.05

 

Agvet chemical:  Propiconazole

Permitted residue:  Propiconazole

Pulses

T0.3

 

Agvet chemical:  Proquinazid

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Proquinazid

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of proquinazid and 3-(6-iodo-4-oxo-3-propyl-3H-quinazolin-2-yloxy)propionic acid, expressed as proquinazid

Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits [except peppers, sweet]

0.3

 

Agvet chemical:  Spirotetramat

Permitted residue:  Sum of spirotetramat, and cis-3-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-2-one, expressed as spirotetramat

Peanut

*0.02

 


Agvet chemical:  Trifloxystrobin

Permitted residue:  Sum of trifloxystrobin and its acid metabolite ((E,E)-methoxyimino-[2-[1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-ethylideneaminooxymethyl] phenyl] acetic acid), expressed as trifloxystrobin equivalents

Beans [except broad bean; common bean (pods and/or immature seeds); soya bean]

0.06

Cane berries

3

Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)

0.4

 

[1.5] omitting for each of the following chemicals, the maximum residue limit for the food and substituting

Agvet chemical:  Abamectin

Permitted residue:  Avermectin B1a

Blueberries

T0.1

 

Agvet chemical:  Aclonifen

Permitted residue:  Aclonifen

Barley

*0.01

Edible offal (mammalian)

*0.01

Eggs

*0.01

Poultry, edible offal of

*0.01

Wheat

*0.01

 

Agvet chemical:  Cyantraniliprole

Permitted residue:  Cyantraniliprole

Edible offal (mammalian)

0.05

Milk fats

0.07

 

Agvet chemical:  Cyflumetofen

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Cyflumetofen

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of cyflumetofen and 2-trifluoromethylbenzoic acid, expressed as cyflumetofen

Pome fruits

0.5

Strawberry

0.8

 


Agvet chemical:  Etoxazole

Permitted residue:  Etoxazole

Avocado

T0.1

 

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

Strawberry

2

 

Agvet chemical:  Flupyradifurone

Permitted residue:  Flupyradifurone

All other foods except animal food commodities

0.2

Potato

0.07

 

Agvet chemical:  Glyphosate

Permitted residue:  Sum of glyphosate, N-acetyl-glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate

Linseed

T10

 

Agvet chemical:  Imidacloprid

Permitted residue:  Sum of imidacloprid and metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinylmethylene moiety, expressed as imidacloprid

Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)

2

 

Agvet chemical:  Mefentrifluconazole

Permitted residue:  Mefentrifluconazole

Tree nuts

0.2