Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 4) (Australia)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 4)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 4)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 Nineteenth day of July 2013

1                Name of Instrument
                  This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 4).
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)

Sulfoxaflor

VB       0040
Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flowerhead brassicas [except Cauliflower]
3

VB       0404
Cauliflower
0.1

GC      0080
Cereal grains
*0.01

FS       0013
Cherries
3

FC       0001
Citrus fruits
0.7

SO      0691
Cotton seed
0.3

DF       0269
Dried grapes (=Currants, Raisins and Sultanas)
10

MO      0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
0.5

PE       0112
Eggs
*0.01

VC      0045
Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits
0.5

VO      0050
Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits
1

FB       0269
Grapes [except Wine-grapes]
3

VL       0053
Leafy vegetables [except Lettuce, Head]
5

VL       0482
Lettuce, Head
1

MM     0095
Meat (mammalian)
0.2

ML      0106
Milks
0.1

FP       0009
Pome fruits
0.5

VR       0589
Potato
0.01

PM      0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
*0.01

PM      0110
Poultry meat
*0.01

SO      0495
Rape seed [canola]
*0.01

VR       0075
Root and tuber vegetables [except Potato]
0.05

VD      0541
Soya bean (dry)
0.3

FS       0012
Stone fruits [except Cherries]
1

FB       1236
Wine-grapes
*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)

Abamectin

OMIT:

VL       0483
Lettuce, Leaf
T0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

VL       0483
Lettuce, Leaf
T1

Azoxystrobin

OMIT:

Bergamot
T10

VL       0465
Chervil
T10

Coriander (leaves, stem and roots)
T10

HS      0779
Coriander seed
T10

HS      0730
Dill seed
T10

HS      0731
Fennel seed
T10

HH      0726
Herbs
T10

Kaffir lime leaves
T10

Lemon grass
T10

DT       1111
Lemon verbena (dry leaves)
T10

Rose and dianthus (edible flowers)
T10

VL       0496
Rucola (rocket)
T10

HH      4731
Salad burnett
T10

SUBSTITUTE:

Bergamot
T50

Burnet, Salad
T50

VL       0465
Chervil
T50

Coriander (leaves, stem, roots)
T50

HS      0779
Coriander, seed
T50

HS      0730
Dill seed
T50

HS      0731
Fennel, seed
T50

HH      0092
Herbs
T50

Kaffir lime leaves
T50

Lemon grass
T50

DT       1111
Lemon verbena (dry leaves)
T50

Rose and dianthus (edible flowers)
T50

VL       0496
Rucola [rocket]
T50

Imidacloprid

OMIT:

HS      0784
Ginger, root
T0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

HS      0784
Ginger, root
T0.3

Indoxacarb

OMIT:

VO      0448
Tomato
0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

VO      0448
Tomato
T0.5

Linuron

OMIT:

VA       0384
Leek
T0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

VA       0384
Leek
*0.02

Methomyl

OMIT:

FI         0345
Mango
T*0.05

Oxytetracycline

OMIT:

WC     0979
Shrimps of Prawns
T0.2

Praziquantel

OMIT:

Fish muscle/skin
T*0.01

Pyraclostrobin

OMIT:

FI         0351
Passion fruit
T0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

FI         0351
Passion fruit
T1

Tilmicosin

OMIT:

ML      0812
Cattle milk
T*0.025

Trichlorfon

OMIT:

Fish muscle
T*0.01

Uniconazole-p

OMIT:

FI         0332
Custard apple
T1

SUBSTITUTE:

FI         0332
Custard apple
T*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

VP       0063
Peas (pods and succulent = immature seeds)
T0.5

Acetamiprid

FT       0295
Date
T5

Azoxystrobin

Mexican tarragon
T50

Mizuna
T50

DT       1114
Tea, Green, Black (black, fermented and dried)
T20

Boscalid

FS       0013
Cherries
T3

Clothianidin

FS       0240
Apricot
T2

Etoxazole

VC      0045
Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits
T0.1

Ivy gourd
T0.1

Pointed gourd
T0.1

Imidacloprid

Coriander (leaves, stem, roots)
T5

FT       0295
Date
T1

TN       0666
Hazelnuts
T*0.01

HH      0092
Herbs
T5

Kaffir lime leaves
T5

Lemon balm
T5

Lemon grass
T5

Mizuna
T5

Rose and dianthus (edible flowers)
T5

DT       0171
Teas (Tea and Herb teas)
T10

HS      0794
Turmeric, root
T0.05

Methoxyfenozide

VC      0424
Cucumber
T2

VL       0483
Lettuce, Leaf
T30

Paclobutrazol

VB       0400
Broccoli
T*0.01

Prochloraz

FI         0332
Custard apple
T2

Pyraclostrobin

FS       0013
Cherries
T1

Spirotetramat

DF       0269
Dried grapes (=Currants, Raisins and Sultanas)
T3

FB       0269
Grapes
T0.7

FP       0009
Pome fruits
T0.5

FS       0012
Stone fruits
T1

Trifloxystrobin

VO      0448
Tomato
0.7

[2]            Schedule, Table 3 - Residue definitions
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues

COMPOUND
RESIDUE

Sulfoxaflor
Sulfoxaflor

[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)

Sulfoxaflor

AB       0226
Apple pomace, dry
2

Canola fodder (dry)
3

Canola forage (green)
3

AB       0001
Citrus pulp, dry
5

Cotton seed meal and hulls
0.5

AF       0081
Forage of cereal grains (green)
2

AB       0269
Grape pomace, dry
20

AL       0541
Soya bean fodder
5

AL       1265
Soya bean forage (green)
5

Soya bean hulls
0.5

AS       0081
Straw and fodder of cereal grains (dry)
1

Tomato pomace, dry
20

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

COMPOUND
ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY
MRL (mg/kg)

Spirotetramat

AB       0226
Apple pomace, dry
T2

AB       0269
Grape pomace, dry
T1

[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:

Sulphur
·       Fungicide on fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices and edible flowers

SUBSTITUTE:

Sulphur
·       Fungicide on cereals, fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices and edible flowers

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