Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code —
Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 5, 2024

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 fifth day of December 2024

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 5, 2024 (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. 

Schedule

Variations to Schedule 20 – Maximum residue limits

Schedule 20 Maximum Residue Limits

[1] Section S20—3 (table entry for Agvet chemical: Chloridazon)

 Omit:

 Substitute:

[2] Section S20—3 (table entry for Agvet chemical: Fipronil)

Insert in alphabetical order:

[3] Section S20—3 (table entry for Agvet chemical: Florylpicoxamid)

Insert in alphabetical order:

[4] Section S20—3 (table entry for Agvet chemical: Fluralaner)

Insert in alphabetical order:

[5] Section S20—3 (table entry for Agvet chemical: Fluralaner)

The maximum residue limit in the entry for each food commodity listed in the following table is amended as set out in the table:

1.                      Section S20—3 (table entry for Agvet chemical: Isocycloseram)

 Each commodity name in the entry and that is listed in the following table is amended as set out in the table:

[7] Section S20—3 (table entry for Agvet chemical: Isocycloseram)

 Omit:

 Substitute:

[8] Section S20—3 (table entry for Agvet chemical: Isocycloseram)

Insert the following food commodities and associated MRLs in alphabetical order: