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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2014 (No. 3)1
 
 
 
I, Rajumati Bhula, Executive Director, Pesticides 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 paragraph 14(5)(f) 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 sixth day of March 2014
 
 
1                Name of Instrument
                  This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2014 (No. 3).
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
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)

Azinphos-methyl
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

FB       0020
Blueberries
1

FC       0001
Citrus fruits
2

FI         0341
Kiwifruit
2

SO      0088
Oilseed
*0.05

FP       0009
Pome fruits
2

FB       0272
Raspberries, Red, Black
1

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

FB       0020
Blueberries
5

FP       0009
Pome fruits
1

 
 
 

Fenvalerate
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

FP       0009
Pome fruits
1

FS       0012
Stone fruits
1

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

Maldison
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

VA       0388
Shallots
T5

VA       0389
Spring onion
T5

 
Vegetables [except beans (dry); cauliflower; chard; egg plant; garden pea; kale; kohlrabi; lentil (dry); peppers, sweet [capsicum]; root and tuber vegetables; shallots; spring onions;  tomato; turnip, garden]
2

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

VA       0387
Onion, Welsh
T0.1

VA       0388
Shallot
T0.1

VA       0389
Spring onion
T0.1

 
Vegetables [except Beans (dry); Cauliflower; Chard; Egg plant [aubergine]; Garden pea; Kale; Kohlrabi; Lentil (dry); Onion, Welsh; Peppers, Sweet [capsicums]; Root and tuber vegetables; Shallot; Spring onion; Tomato; Turnip, Garden]
2

 
for each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below
 
COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)

Abamectin
 
 

VL       0465
Chervil
T0.5

 
Coriander (leaves, stem, roots)
T0.5

HH      0092
Herbs
T0.5

 
Kaffir lime leaves
T0.5

 
Lemon grass
T0.5

VL       0473
Watercress
T0.5

 
 
omit each of the following compounds and associated foods and MRLs
 
COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)

Daminozide
 
 

MO      0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
0.2

PE       0112
Eggs
0.2

MM     0095
Meat [mammalian]
0.2

ML      0106
Milks
*0.05

FS       0247
Peach
30

SO      0697
Peanut
20

FP       0009
Pome fruits
30

PO      0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
0.2

PM      0110
Poultry meat
0.2

 
 
 

Endosulfan
 
 

FI         0030
Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits – inedible peel
2

VB       0400
Broccoli
1

VB       0041
Cabbage, Head
1

VB       0404
Cauliflower
1

GC      0080
Cereal grains
0.1

FC       0001
Citrus fruits
0.3

MO      0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
0.2

PE       0112
Eggs
0.02

VC      0045
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits
1

VO      0050
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits
1

MM     0095
Meat (mammalian)[in the fat]
0.2

ML      0106
Milks
0.02

SO      0088
Oilseed
1

FP       0009
Pome fruits
1

PO      0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
*0.01

PM      0110
Poultry meat [in the fat]
0.05

VD      0070
Pulses
*0.1

VR       0075
Root and tuber vegetables
0.5

VS       0078
Stalk and stem vegetables
1

FB       0275
Strawberry
T0.5

TN       0085
Tree nuts
0.05

 
 
 

Parathion-methyl
 
 

VB       0040
Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flowerhead brassicas
T0.1

VR       0577
Carrot
T0.5

VS       0624
Celery
T3

SO      0691
Cotton seed
T1

FC       0001
Citrus fruit
T1

MO      0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
T*0.05

VC      0045
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits
T1

VO      0050
Fruiting vegetables other than cucurbits (except sweet corn)
T0.2

FB       0269
Grapes
T0.5

VL       0053
Leafy vegetables
T1

VP       0060
Legume vegetables
T0.5

MM     0095
Meat [mammalian]
T*0.05

ML      0106
Milks
T*0.05

FP       0009
Pome fruits
T0.5

VR       0589
Potato
*0.05

VD      0070
Pulses
T0.2

FS       0012
Stone fruits
T0.2

VO      0447
Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)
*0.1

 
[2]            Schedule, Table 4 - MRLs for pesticides in 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)

Penflufen
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

AS       0162
Hay or fodder (dry) of grasses
T*0.01

 
Mixed pasture (legume/grasses)
T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

 
Brassica forage crops (kale; rape; swede; turnips)
*0.01

AS       0162
Hay or fodder (dry) of grasses
*0.01

AL       0157
Legume animal feeds
*0.01

 
Pasture (leguminous/grasses)
*0.01

 
 
 

Trifloxystrobin
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

AS       0162
Hay or fodder (dry) of grasses
T*0.02

 
Mixed pasture (legume/grasses)
T*0.02

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

 
Brassica forage crops (kale; rape; swede; turnips)
*0.02

AS       0162
Hay or fodder (dry) of grasses
*0.02

AL       0157
Legume animal feeds
*0.02

 
Pasture (leguminous/grasses)
*0.02

 
 
[3]            Schedule, Table 5 - Uses of substances where MRLs are not necessary
insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses
 
SUBSTANCE
USE

Iron (elemental)
For use as a molluscicide in the home garden

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1        Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au