Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No.9)1
I, Rajumati Bhula, Executive Director, Scientific Assessment and Chemical Review and delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, having regard to s 7A of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992, make this instrument for the purposes of subsection 6(1) and the reference in subparagraph 5A(3)(b)(iii) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code which is a Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.
Rajumati Bhula
Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Dated this Twenty fifth day of September 2015
1 Name of Instrument
This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 9).
2 Commencement
This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Amendment of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) 2012
Schedule 1 to this Instrument amends the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) 2012.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Schedule, Table 1 - MRLs of agricultural and veterinary chemicals and associated substances in food commodities
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated foods and MRLs
COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)
Cyazofamid
VB 0400
Broccoli
2
MO 0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
*0.01
PE 0112
Eggs
*0.01
MM 0095
Meat [mammalian]
*0.01
ML 0106
Milks
*0.01
VR 0589
Potato
*0.01
PO 0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
*0.01
PM 0110
Poultry meat
*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)
Dichlorvos
OMIT:
SB 0715
Cacao beans [cocoa beans]
5
SB 0716
Coffee beans
2
MO 0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
0.05
PE 0112
Eggs
0.05
Fruits
0.1
VD 0533
Lentil (dry)
2
VL 0482
Lettuce, Head
1
VL 0483
Lettuce, Leaf
1
MM 0095
Meat [mammalian]
0.05
ML 0106
Milks
0.02
VO 0450
Mushrooms
0.5
SO 0697
Peanut
2
PO 0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
0.05
PM 0110
Poultry meat
0.05
SO 0495
Rape seed
T0.1
VD 0541
Soya bean (dry)
2
VO 0448
Tomato
0.5
TN 0085
Tree nuts
2
Vegetables [except lentil (dry); lettuce, head; lettuce, leaf; soya bean (dry)]
0.5
SUBSTITUTE:
MO 0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
*0.01
PE 0112
Eggs
*0.01
MM 0095
Meat [mammalian]
*0.01
ML 0106
Milks
*0.01
SO 0088
Oilseeds
*0.01
PO 0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
*0.01
PM 0110
Poultry meat
*0.01
VP 0070
Pulses
*0.01
for each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below
COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)
Abamectin
TN 0669
Macadamia nuts
T*0.01
Bupirimate
FB 0275
Strawberry
T*0.01
Chlorothalonil
TN 0675
Pistachio nut
T0.1
Flumioxazin
GS 0659
Sugarcane
*0.01
Sulphur dioxide
FB 1235
Table-grapes
10
Tebuconazole
TN 0660
Almonds
*0.01
[2] Schedule, Table 3 – Residue definitions
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues
COMPOUND
Resdiue
Cyazofamid
For compliance in plant and animal commodities: cyazofamid
For dietary risk assessment in plant and animal commodities: the sum of cyazofamid and 4-chloro-5-(4-methyphenyl)-1H-imidazole-2-carbonitrile, expressed as cyazofamid
[3] Schedule, Table 4 - MRLs for pesticides in animal feed commodities
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated animal feed commodities and MRLs
COMPOUND
ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY
MRL (mg/kg)
Phenmedipham
AM 1051
Fodder beet
T0.2
AV 1051
Fodder beet leaves or tops
T2
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)
Flumioxazin
OMIT:
Primary feed commodities [except forage of cereal grains [fresh weight]; forage of oil seeds [fresh weight]; forage and fodder of pulses; oil seed straw and fodder; straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains]
10
SUBSTITUTE:
Primary feed commodities [except forage of cereal grains [fresh weight]; forage of oil seeds [fresh weight]; forage and fodder of pulses; oil seed straw and fodder; straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains; sugar cane fodder; and sugar cane forage]
10
AM 0659
Sugar cane fodder
*0.01
AV 0659
Sugar cane forage
*0.01
for the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below
COMPOUND
ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY
MRL (mg/kg)
Tebuconazole
Almond hulls
2
[4] Schedule, Table 5 - Uses of substances where MRLs are not necessary
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:
Thymol
· {T} Treatment of mites on bees
SUBSTITUTE:
Thymol
· Treatment and control of Varroa mites on bees
1 Note
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