Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code —
Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits Amendment Instrument No. APVMA 5, 2012
I, Rajumati Bhula, Program Manager, Pesticides Program and delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority for the relevant purposes pursuant to subsection 11(1) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992, make this instrument for the purposes of subsection 82(1) of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.
Rajumati Bhula
Program Manager
Pesticides Program
Dated this twenty-fifth day of May 2012
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Instrument
This Instrument is the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits Amendment Instrument
No. APVMA 5, 2012.
2 Commencement
Pursuant to subsection 82(8) of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, this Amendment Instrument commences on the day a copy of it is published in the Gazette.
Note: A copy of the variations made by the Amendment Instrument was published in the Commonwealth of Australia Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Gazette No. APVMA 11 of
5 June 2012.
3 Object
The object of this Instrument is for the APVMA to make variations to Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to include or change maximum residue limits pertaining to agricultural and veterinary chemical products.
4 Interpretation
In this Instrument: —
APVMA means the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority established by section 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992; and
Principal Instrument means Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits of the Australia New Zealand Food Standard Code as defined in Section 4 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 being the code published in Gazette No. P 27 on 27 August 1987 together with any amendments of the standards in that code. The whole of the Australia New Zealand Food Standard Code (including Standard 1.4.2) was further published in Gazette P 30 of 20 December 2000[1].
Part 2 Variations to Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits
5 Variations to Standard 1.4.2
The Schedule to this Instrument sets out the variations made to the Principal Instrument by this Amendment Instrument.
Schedule
Variations to Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits
1 Variations
(1)The Principal Instrument is varied by:
(a) omitting from Schedule 1 the chemical residue definitions for the chemicals appearing in Column 1 of the Table to this sub-item, substituting the chemical residue definition appearing in Column 2 –
Column 1
Column 2
Emamectin
Sum of emamectin B1a and emamectin B1b
(b) omitting from Schedule 1 the foods and associated MRLs for each of the following chemicals –
Glyphosate
Sum of glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate
Oilseed [except cotton seed; linseed; Rape seed (canola)]
T*0.1
Pyrimethanil
Pyrimethanil
Leafy vegetables
T5
(c) inserting in alphabetical order in Schedule 1, the foods and associated MRLs for each of the following chemicals –
Abamectin
Sum of avermectin B1a, avermectin B1b and (Z)-8,9 avermectin B1a, and (Z)-8,9 avermectin B1b
Maize
T*0.01
Cypermethrin
Cypermethrin, sum of isomers
Poppy seed
T*0.01
Dichlobenil
Dichlobenil
Blueberries
T1
Currants, black, red, white
T1
Gooseberry
T1
Raspberries, red, black
T1
Emamectin
Emamectin B1a, plus its 8,9-Z isomer and emamectin B1b, plus its 8,9-Z isomer
Brassica leafy vegetables
T0.3
Fenhexamid
Fenhexamid
Cucumber
T7
Fipronil
Sum of fipronil, the sulphenyl metabolite (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) sulphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), the sulphonyl metabolite (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulphonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), and the trifluoromethyl metabolite (5-amino-4-trifluoromethyl-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile)
Poppy seed
*0.01
Glyphosate
Sum of glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate
Oilseed [except cotton seed; linseed; rape seed (canola); sunflower seed]
T*0.1
Sunflower seed
T20
Imidacloprid
Sum of imidacloprid and metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinylmethylene moiety, expressed as imidacloprid
Beetroot
T0.05
Pyrimethanil
Pyrimethanil
Citrus fruits
7
Leafy vegetables [except lettuce, head; lettuce, leaf]
T5
Lettuce, head
20
Lettuce, leaf
20
Spinetoram
Sum of Ethyl-spinosyn-J and Ethyl-spinosyn-L
Ginger, root
T0.02
Ginger, Japanese
T1
Leek
T0.2
Onion, Welsh
T0.3
Shallot
T0.3
Spring onion
T0.3
Spirotetramat
Sum of spirotetramat, and cis-3-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-2-one, expressed as spirotetramat
Garlic
T0.5
(d) omitting from Schedule 1, under the entries for the following chemicals, the maximum residue limit for the food, substituting –
Fenhexamid
Fenhexamid
Peppers, Sweet
T20
Metalaxyl
Metalaxyl
Ginger, root
0.5
Pyrimethanil
Pyrimethanil
Peppers, Sweet
1
[1] Note An amendment history from 20 December 2000 appears at the beginning of the Australia New Zealand Food Standard Code.