Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 1)1
I, Kareena Arthy, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, acting in accordance with my powers under subsection 32(1) and 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.
Kareena Arthy
Chief Executive Officer
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of March 2013
1 Name of Instrument
This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 1).
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] Part 1, section 3
substitute
3 Object
The object of this Instrument is to establish approved standards for residues of chemical products in protected commodities.
Note Section 7A of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 requires the APVMA to publish, in an appropriate manner, in each calendar year approved standards for residues of chemical products in protected commodities.
[2] Subsection 4(4)
omit
the APVMA.
substitute
the APVMA. Prior to the making of this Instrument, the APVMA published the MRL Standard on its website.
[3] Schedule, Part 1 Preliminary, subsection 1(7)
omit
Australian Standards SAA 2706-1984
substitute
Australian Standards SAA 2706-2003
[4] Schedule, Part 2 The Tables, after subsection 3(1)
insert
(1A) Unless otherwise stated, the residue definitions are established both for compliance with MRLs and for estimation of dietary intake for dietary risk assessment. Where separate definitions for compliance and for dietary risk are established they are identified and the compliance definition must be used for comparison with MRLs established in Table 1.
[5] 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)
Cyflufenamid
DF 0269
Dried grapes (= Currants, Raisins and Sultanas)
0.5
MO 0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
*0.01
PE 0112
Eggs
*0.01
VC 0045
Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits
0.1
FB 0269
Grapes
0.1
MM 0095
Meat [mammalian][in the fat]
*0.01
ML 0106
Milks
*0.01
PO 0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
*0.01
PM 0110
Poultry meat [in the fat]
*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)
Fluazifop-butyl
OMIT:
VA 0384
Leek
T0.5
SUBSTITUTE:
VA 0384
Leek
T0.7
Flutriafol
OMIT:
GS 0659
Sugar cane
T0.3
SUBSTITUTE:
GS 0659
Sugar cane
*0.01
Metsulfuron-methyl
OMIT:
SO 0698
Poppy seed
T*0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
SO 0698
Poppy seed
*0.01
Triclabendazole
OMIT:
ML 0812
Cattle milk
T*0.05
Triclopyr
OMIT:
SO 0698
Poppy seed
T*0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
SO 0698
Poppy seed
*0.01
for each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below
COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)
Bifenazate
DH 1100
Hops, dry
T3
Dimethoate
VO 0440
Egg plant
T0.02
Fluazifop-butyl
VO 0440
Egg plant
T0.1
Fluazinam
VR 0589
Potato
*0.01
Fludioxonil
TN 0664
Chestnuts
T1
Pyraclostrobin
VD 0536
Mung bean (dry)
T0.2
Spirotetramat
VS 0624
Celery
5
FI 0351
Passion fruit
0.5
VD 0541
Soya bean (dry)
T5
Terbuthylazine
GC 0640
Barley
T*0.01
GC 0647
Oats
T*0.01
GC 0654
Wheat
T*0.01
[6] Schedule, Table 3 - Residue definitions
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues
COMPOUND
RESIDUE
Cyflufenamid
Cyflufenamid
[7] 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)
Cyflufenamid
AB 0269
Grape pomace, dry
0.5
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)
Flutriafol
OMIT:
AM 0659
Sugar cane fodder
T2
AV 0659
Sugar cane forage
T2
SUBSTITUTE:
AM 0659
Sugar cane fodder
*0.01
AV 0659
Sugar cane forage
*0.01
Spirotetramat
OMIT:
AL 0157
Legume animal feeds
20
SUBSTITUTE:
AL 0157
Legume animal feeds [except soya bean forage and fodder]
20
AL 0541
Soya bean fodder
T50
AL 1265
Soya bean forage (green)
T50
for the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below
COMPOUND
ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY
MRL (mg/kg)
Pyraclostrobin
Mung bean fodder
T2
Mung bean forage
T2
Terbuthylazine
Cereal grain forage, fodder and straw [except Maize fodder; Maize forage; Sorghum forage (green); Sorghum straw and fodder, dry]
T5
[8] Schedule, Table 5 - Uses of substances where MRLs are not necessary
insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses
SUBSTANCE
USE
Z, Z-3, 13-octadecadien-1-yl acetate
In dispensers for mating disruption of clearwing persimmon borer (Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes)
Z, Z-3, 13-octadecadien-1-ol
In dispensers for mating disruption of clearwing persimmon borer (Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes)
1 Note
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