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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 9)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 thirty-first day of October 2013
 
 
1                Name of Instrument
                  This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (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
 
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)

Bifenazate
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

VO      0445
Peppers, Sweet
T2

VO      0448
Tomato
T0.5

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

VC      4197
Bitter melon
T0.5

VO      0440
Egg plant
T0.1

VO      0051
Peppers
T0.5

 
Peppers, Chili, other cultivars
T0.5

VC      4243
Sinkwa or Sinkwa towel gourd
T0.5

VC      0431
Squash, Summer [Zucchini]
T0.5

VO      0448
Tomato
T1

VP       0544
Yard-long bean (pods)
T1

 
 
 

Dithiocarbamates (mancozeb, metham, metiram, propineb, thiram, zineb and ziram)

OMIT:
 
 

FI         0345
Mango
5

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

FI         0326
Avocado
7

FI         0345
Mango
7

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

Ethephon
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

FI         0345
Mango
T10

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

FI         0345
Mango
T*0.02

 
 
 

Fenhexamid
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

VC      0424
Cucumber
T7

VL       0482
Lettuce, Head
T30

VL       0483
Lettuce, Leaf
T30

VO      0445
Peppers, Sweet [capsicum]
T20

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

VC      0424
Cucumber
T10

VL       0482
Lettuce, Head
T50

VL       0483
Lettuce, Leaf
T50

VO      0051
Peppers
T30

 
Peppers, Chili, other cultivars
T30

VO      0448
Tomato
T2

 
 
 

Fipronil
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

 
Honey
T0.05

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

 
Honey
0.01

 
 
 

Indoxacarb
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

FS       0012
Stone fruits
T2

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

FS       0012
Stone fruits [except Cherries]
2

 
 
 

Ioxynil
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

VA       0387
Onion, Welsh
T3

VO      0388
Shallot
T3

VA       0389
Spring onion
T3

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

VA       0387
Onion, Welsh
T10

VA       0388
Shallot
T10

VA       0389
Spring onion
T10

 
 
 

Prothioconazole
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

MO      0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
0.1

MM     0095
Meat (Mammalian)[in the fat]
*0.01

SO      0697
Peanut
T*0.02

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

MO      0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
0.2

MM     0095
Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]
0.02

SO      0697
Peanut
*0.02

 
 
 

Spinetoram
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

MO      0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
*0.01

MM     0095
Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]
0.05

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

MO      0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
0.2

MM     0095
Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]
2

VO      0447
Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)
*0.01

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

Triclopyr
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

FC       0001
Citrus fruits
T0.1

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

FC       0001
Citrus fruits
0.2

FI         0343
Litchi
0.1

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

Abamectin
 
 

VS       0627
Rhubarb
T0.05

 
 
 

Boscalid
 
 

FB       0020
Blueberries
T15

 
 
 

Etoxazole
 
 

FI         0350
Papaya
T0.1

 
 
 

Fenthion
 
 

FS       0240
Apricot
T0.20

FS       0247
Peach
T0.20

 
 
 

Pyraclostrobin
 
 

FB       0020
Blueberries
T5

 
 
[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)

Prothioconazole
 
 

OMIT:
 
 

AL       0157
Legume animal feeds
T3

AL       0697
Peanut fodder
T10

SUBSTITUTE:
 
 

AL       0157
Legume animal feeds [except Peanut fodder]
T3

AL       0697
Peanut fodder
30

 
for the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below
 
COMPOUND
ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY
MRL (mg/kg)

Spinetoram
 
 

 
Sweet corn forage and fodder
5

 
 
 

Triclopyr
 
 

AB       0001
Citrus pulp, dry
2

 
 
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