Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 1) (Cth)

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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).

  1. Commencement

This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

  1. 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

  1. 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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