Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code —
Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 1, 2023
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 Fifteenth day of February 2023
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, 2023 (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] inserting in alphabetical order
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Dimpropyridaz Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: sum of dimpropyridaz and 1-(3-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-yl)-5-methyl-N-(pyridazin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, expressed as dimpropyridaz | |
Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbages, flowerhead brassicas | 0.7 |
Cotton seed | 0.02 |
Edible offal (mammalian) | *0.02 |
Eggs | *0.02 |
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits | 0.3 |
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits | 1 |
Leafy vegetables | 15 |
Meat (mammalian) | *0.02 |
Milks | *0.02 |
Poultry meat | *0.02 |
Poultry, edible offal of | *0.02 |
Agvet chemical: Isocycloseram | |
Permitted residue: Isocycloseram | |
Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbages, flowerhead brassicas | 0.7 |
Brassica leafy vegetables | 4 |
Bulb onions | *0.01 |
Edible offal (mammalian) | *0.01 |
Eggs | *0.01 |
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits | 0.2 |
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits | 0.2 |
Green onions | 0.6 |
Meat (mammalian)(in the fat) | *0.01 |
Milks | *0.01 |
Poultry meat (in the fat) | *0.01 |
Poultry, edible offal of | *0.01 |
[1.2] omitting from each of the following chemicals, the foods and associated MRLs
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 | |
Coriander, leaves | 5 |
Dill, leaves | 5 |
Parsley | 5 |
Permitted residue: Clothianidin see also Thiamethoxam | |
Stone fruits [except jujube, Chinese] | 3 |
Agvet chemical: Cypermethrin | |
Permitted residue: Cypermethrin, sum of isomers | |
Stone fruits [except jujube, Chinese] | 1 |
Agvet chemical: Flutriafol | |
Permitted residue: Flutriafol | |
Oilseed [except peanut; rape seed (canola)] | 0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Glufosinate and Glufosinate-ammonium | |
Permitted residue: Sum of glufosinate-ammonium, N-acetyl glufosinate and 3-[hydroxy(methyl)-phosphinoyl] propionic acid, expressed as glufosinate (free acid) | |
Oilseed [except cotton seed; rape seed (canola)] | *0.1 |
Agvet chemical: Glyphosate | |
Permitted residue: Sum of glyphosate, N-acetyl-glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate | |
Oilseed [except cotton seed; linseed; peanut; poppy seed; rape seed (canola); sesame seed; sunflower seed] | T*0.1 |
Stone fruits [except jujube, Chinese] | 0.2 |
Agvet chemical: Maldison | |
Permitted residue: Maldison | |
Stone fruits [except jujube, Chinese] | 5 |
Agvet chemical: Tetraniliprole | |
Permitted residue: Tetraniliprole | |
Meat (mammalian) | *0.01 |
Pome fruits [except Persimmon, Japanese] | 0.5 |
Stone fruits [except cherries; jujube, Chinese] | 0.7 |
[1.3] inserting for each of the following chemicals the foods and associated MRLs in alphabetical order
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 | |
Herbs | T5 |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Aminopyralid | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Sum of aminopyralid and conjugates, expressed as aminopyralid Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Aminopyralid | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Atrazine | |
Permitted residue: Atrazine | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.02 |
Agvet chemical: Azoxystrobin | |
Permitted residue: Azoxystrobin | |
Mustard seeds | T0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Bifenthrin | |
Permitted residue: Bifenthrin | |
Mustard seeds | *0.02 |
Agvet chemical: Bixlozone | |
Permitted residue: Bixlozone | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Butafenacil | |
Permitted residue: Butafenacil | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Clomazone | |
Permitted residue: Clomazone | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Clopyralid | |
Permitted residue: Clopyralid | |
Mustard seeds | T0.5 |
Permitted residue: Clothianidin see also Thiamethoxam | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Stone fruits | 3 |
Agvet chemical: Cyhalothrin | |
Permitted residue: Cyhalothrin, sum of isomers | |
Mustard seeds | T0.02 |
Agvet chemical: Cypermethrin | |
Permitted residue: Cypermethrin, sum of isomers | |
Stone fruits [except cherries] | 1 |
Mustard seeds | T0.2 |
Mustard seeds oil, edible | T0.2 |
Permitted residue: Sum of diafenthiuron; N-[2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)- 4-phenoxyphenyl]-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)urea; and N-[2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)-4-phenoxyphenyl]- N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)carbodiimide, expressed as | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Emamectin | |
Permitted residue: Sum of emamectin B1a and emamectin B1b | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Flonicamid | |
Permitted residue: Flonicamid [N -(cyanomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinecarboxamide] and its metabolites TFNA [4-trifluoromethylnicotinic acid], TFNA-AM [4-trifluoromethylnicotinamide] TFNG [N -(4-trifluoromethylnicotinoyl)glycine] | |
Mustard seeds | T0.5 |
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 | ||
All other foods except animal food commodities | 0.01 | |
Dried grapes (= currants, raisins and sultanas) | 20 | |
Grapes | 3 | |
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits | 0.5 | |
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits | 1 | |
Leafy greens | 20 | |
Strawberry | 1 | |
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 | ||
Mustard seeds | *0.01 | |
Permitted residue: Fluquinconazole | |
All other foods except animal food commodities | 0.02 |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Permitted residue: Flutriafol | |
Mustard seeds | T0.07 |
Oilseed [except mustard seeds; peanut; rape seed (canola)] | 0.05 |
Permitted residue: Sum of glufosinate-ammonium, N-acetyl glufosinate and 3-[hydroxy(methyl)-phosphinoyl] propionic acid, expressed as glufosinate (free acid) | |
Mustard seeds | T0.5 |
Oilseed [except cotton seed; mustard seeds; rape seed (canola)] | T*0.1 |
Permitted residue: Sum of glyphosate, N-acetyl-glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate | |
Mustard seeds | 20 |
Oilseed [except cotton seed, linseed; mustard seeds; peanut; poppy seed; rape seed (canola); sesame seed; sunflower seed] | T*0.1 |
Stone fruits | 0.2 |
Agvet chemical: Halauxifen-methyl | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Halauxifen-methyl Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: 4-Amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-hydroxyphenyl)-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid, expressed as halauxifen-methyl | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Haloxyfop | |
Permitted residue: Sum of haloxyfop, its esters and conjugates, expressed as haloxyfop | |
Mustard seeds | 0.1 |
Agvet chemical: Imazamox | |
Permitted residue: Imazamox | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Imazapic | |
Permitted residue: Sum of imazapic and its hydroxymethyl derivative | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Imazapyr | |
Permitted residue: Imazapyr | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Imidacloprid | |
Permitted residue: Sum of imidacloprid and metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinylmethylene moiety, expressed as imidacloprid | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Iprodione | |
Permitted residue: Iprodione | |
Mustard seeds | T0.5 |
Agvet chemical: Maldison | |
Permitted residue: Maldison | |
Mustard seeds | T10 |
Stone fruits | 5 |
Agvet chemical: Methomyl | |
Permitted residue: Methomyl | |
Mustard seeds | T0.5 |
Agvet chemical: Metolachlor | |
Permitted residue: Metolachlor | |
Mustard seeds | *0.02 |
Permitted residue: Metribuzin | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.02 |
Agvet chemical: Napropamide | |
Permitted residue: Napropamide | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Oryzalin | |
Permitted residue: Oryzalin | |
All other foods except animal food commodities | 0.02 |
Mustard seeds | *0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Penflufen | |
Permitted residue: Penflufen | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Permethrin | |
Permitted residue: Permethrin, sum of isomers | |
Mustard seeds | T0.2 |
Agvet chemical: Pirimicarb | |
Permitted residue: Sum of pirimicarb, demethyl-pirimicarb and the N-formyl-(methylamino) analogue (demethylformamido-pirimicarb), expressed as pirimicarb | |
Mustard seeds | T0.2 |
Agvet chemical: Procymidone | |
Permitted residue: Procymidone | |
Mustard seeds | T0.5 |
Mustard seed oil, crude | T2 |
Agvet chemical: Propyzamide | |
Permitted residue: Propyzamide | |
Mustard seeds | 0.02 |
Agvet chemical: Prothioconazole | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Sum of prothioconazole and prothioconazole desthio (2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol), expressed as prothioconazole Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of prothioconazole, prothioconazole desthio (2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol), prothioconazole-3-hydroxy-desthio (2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-1-(2-chloro-3-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol) and prothioconazole-4-hydroxy-desthio (2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-1-(2-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol), expressed as prothioconazole | |
Mustard seeds | *0.02 |
Agvet chemical: Pydiflumetofen | |
Permitted residue: Pydiflumetofen | |
Mustard seeds | T0.05 |
Agvet chemical: Quizalofop-ethyl | |
Permitted residue: Sum of quizalofop-ethyl and quizalofop acid and other esters, expressed as quizalofop-ethyl | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.02 |
Permitted residue: Sum of quizalofop-p-tefuryl and quizalofop acid, expressed as quizalofop-p-tefuryl | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.02 |
Agvet chemical: Sedaxane | |
Permitted residue: Sedaxane, sum of isomers | |
Beetroot | *0.01 |
Beetroot leaves | *0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Sethoxydim | |
Permitted residue: Sum of sethoxydim and metabolites containing the 5-(2-ethylthiopropyl)cyclohexene-3-one and 5-(2-ethylthiopropyl)-5-hydroxycyclohexene-3-one moieties and their sulfoxides and sulfones, expressed as sethoxydim | |
Mustard seeds | T0.5 |
Agvet chemical: Simazine | |
Permitted residue: Simazine | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.02 |
Permitted residue: Sum of Ethyl-spinosyn-J and Ethyl-spinosyn-L | |
T*0.01 | |
Agvet chemical: Sulfoxaflor | |
Permitted residue: Sulfoxaflor | |
T*0.01 | |
Agvet chemical: Tebuconazole | |
Permitted residue: Tebuconazole | |
Mustard seeds | 0.3 |
Agvet chemical: Terbuthylazine | |
Permitted residue: Terbuthylazine | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.02 |
Permitted residue: Tetraniliprole | |
Grapes | 0.5 |
Litchi | T0.5 |
Maize | 0.02 |
Meat (mammalian) [in the fat] | 0.1 |
Milk fats | 0.2 |
Pome fruits | 0.5 |
Stone fruits [except cherries] | 0.7 |
Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob) | *0.01 |
See also Clothianidin Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Thiamethoxam Commodities of animal origin: Sum of thiamethoxam and N-(2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-N’-methyl-N’-nitro-guanidine, expressed as Thiamethoxam (Note: the metabolite clothianidin has separate MRLs) | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.01 |
Agvet chemical: Tiafenacil | |
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Tiafenacil Permitted residue—Sum of tiafenacil and 3-(2-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl) phenylthio)propanamido)propanoic acid (M-01), expressed as tiafenacil | |
*0.01 | |
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 | |
Mustard seeds | T*0.02 |
[1.4] omitting for each of the following chemicals, the maximum residue limit for the food and substituting
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 | |
Beetroot | *0.01 |
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) | 0.05 |
Meat (mammalian) (in the fat) | 0.07 |
Permitted residue: Sum of linuron plus 3,4-dichloroaniline, expressed as linuron | |
Coriander (leaves, roots, stems) | T2 |
Agvet chemical: Mefentrifluconazole Permitted residue: Mefentrifluconazole | |
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits [except melons] | 0.3 |
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits | 1 |
Permitted residue: Tetraniliprole | |
Edible offal (mammalian) | 0.7 |
Mango | 0.1 |
Milks | 0.1 |