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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Amendment Instrument (No. 5) 2024

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

Dated    04 December 2024

Sheila Logan

Delegate

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Amendment Instrument (No. 5) 2024.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 section 7A of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992.

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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Instrument 2023

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)

Famoxadone

 

 

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

*0.05

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.01

VL 0053

Leafy vegetables

40

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]

*0.01

ML 0106

Milks

*0.01

PM 0110

Poultry meat [in the fat]

*0.01

PO 0111

Poultry, edible offal of

*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)

Afidopyropen

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VA 0035

Bulb vegetables [alliums] {except Chives}

*0.01

FB 2005

Cane berries

0.3

FI 0343

Litchi

0.1

FI 0351

Passion fruit

0.1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FB 2005

Cane Berries

T0.3

 

 

 

Boscalid

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FB 0020

Blueberries

T15

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FB 0020

Blueberries

10

 

 

 

Methiocarb

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FC 0001

Citrus fruits

0.1

 

Fruits (except citrus fruits; grapes)

T0.1

FB 0269

Grapes

0.5

 

Vegetables

0.1

 

Wine

0.1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VS 0620

Artichoke, globe

*0.06

FB 0018

Berries and other small fruits

*0.06

VB 0040

Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbages, flowerhead brassica

0.1

GC 0080

Cereal grains

*0.06

FC 0001

Citrus fruits

*0.06

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

*0.05

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.05

VL 0482

Lettuce, head

0.2

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

*0.05

ML 0106

Milks

*0.005

SO 0088

Oilseeds

*0.06

FP 0009

Pome fruits

*0.06

VR 0589

Potato

*0.06

PO 0111

Poultry, edible offal of

*0.05

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.05

FS 0012

Stone fruits

*0.06

 

 

 

Penthiopyrad

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FS 0012

Stone fruits

5

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FS 0012

Stone fruits

4

 

 

 

Pyraclostrobin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FB 0020

Blueberries

T5

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FB 0020

Blueberries

4

 

 

 

Sulfoxaflor

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FB 0020

Blueberries

T2

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FB 0020

Blueberries

2

 

 

 

Tetracycline

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

ML 0106

Milks

*0.1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

0.05

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.01

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

*0.01

ML 0106

Milks

*0.05

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.01

PO 0111

Poultry, edible offal of

0.05

 

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

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Aminoethoxyvinylglycine

 

 

FI 0326

Avocado

*0.05

 

 

 

Forchlorfenuron

 

 

FB 0020

Blueberries

T*0.01

 

 

 

MCPA

 

 

GS 0659

Sugar cane

T*0.01

 

 

 

Methoxyfenozide

 

 

FT 0291

Carob

5

 

 

 

Nicarbazin

 

 

 

Poultry fat/skin {except Chicken}

*0.025

 

Poultry muscle {except Chicken}

*0.025

 

Poultry, kidney {except Chicken}

*0.1

 

Poultry, liver {except Chicken}

0.1

 

3  Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions

 

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

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Famoxadone

Famoxadone

 

4  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)

Prosulfocarb

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Oat forage

*0.01

AS 0647

Oat straw and fodder, dry

*0.01

 

Triticale forage

*0.01

 

Triticale straw and fodder, dry

*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Oat forage

0.5

AS 0647

Oat straw and fodder, dry

0.05

 

Triticale forage

0.5

 

Triticale straw and fodder, dry

0.05

 

 

 

Sulfoxaflor

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains

1.5

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains

5

 

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

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Methiocarb

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities

1

 


5  Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary

 

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

SUBSTANCE

USE

Aureobasidium pullulans strain YBCA5

  • {T} When used on kiwifruit

Temephos

  • For ground application around bee hives for the control of Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

 

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:

 

Ethylene

  • Ripening of fruits

SUBSTITUTE:

 

Ethylene

  • Ripening of fruits and fruiting vegetables
  • As a post harvest treatment of garlic; onion, bulb; potatoes and shallots to prevent sprouting

OMIT:

 

Methiocarb

  • In baits for the control of garden pests
  • {T} in baits for the control of gardens pests on herbs, lemon balm, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, lemon verbena and tumeric.

SUBSTITUTE:

 

Methiocarb

  • For use in baits applied outside the perimeter of areas planted with food crops or to non-crop areas.