Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 4) (Cth)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 4)1

I, Rajumati Bhula, Executive Director, Scientific Assessment and Chemical Review 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 subparagraph 5A(3)(b)(iii) 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 Fourteenth day of May 2015

1                Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 4).

  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]            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)

Bixafen

GC      0640 Barley T0.3
PE       0112 Eggs T*0.02
MO      0105 Edible offal (Mammalian) T1
MM     0095 Meat [mammalian] [in the fat] T0.3
ML      0106 Milks T*0.02
PO      0111 Poultry, edible offal of T*0.02
PM      0110 Poultry meat [in the fat] T*0.02
VD      0070 Pulses T0.1
SO      0495 Rape seed T*0.01
GC      0654 Wheat T0.05

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)

Azoxystrobin

OMIT:
Anise myrtle leaves T100
Lemon myrtle leaves T100
Riberries T10
SUBSTITUTE:
Anise myrtle leaves (dried) T3
Lemon myrtle leaves (dried) T3
Riberries T1

Bifenazate

OMIT:
VC      4197 Bitter melon T0.5
VC      0424 Cucumber T0.5
VO      0440 Egg plant T0.1
VC      0046 Melons, except watermelon T0.3
FI         0350 Papaya [pawpaw] T0.5
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
FB       0275 Strawberry T2
VO      0448 Tomato T1
VC      0432 Watermelon T0.3
SUBSTITUTE:
PE       0112 Eggs *0.01
VC      0045 Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits 1
VC      0050 Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits [except mushrooms and sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)] 1
FI         0350 Papaya [pawpaw] 2
PO      0111 Poultry, Edible offal of *0.01
PM      0110 Poultry meat *0.01
FB       0275 Strawberry 2

Fluxapyroxad

OMIT:
Milk fats 0.02
SUBSTITUTE:
FM      0183 Milk fats 0.1
GC      0654 Wheat *0.01

Indoxacarb

OMIT:
Chia T*0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
Chia T0.5

Prothioconazole

OMIT:
VD      0524 Chick-pea (dry) T0.7
VD      0533 Lentil (dry) T0.7
SUBSTITUTE:
VD      0070 Pulses T0.1

Triadimenol

OMIT:
Riberries T5
SUBSTITUTE:
Riberries T0.3

for each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below

COMPOUND FOOD MRL (mg/kg)

Cyprodinil

VA       0036 Bulb vegetables [except Fennel, Bulb; Garlic; Onion, Bulb] T3
HH      0727 Chives T3

Difenoconazole

Anise myrtle leaves (dried) T10
Lemon myrtle leaves (dried) T10
Riberries T1

Fludioxonil

VA       0036 Bulb vegetables [except Fennel, Bulb; Garlic; Onion, Bulb] T3
HH      0727 Chives T3

Tebuconazole

Anise myrtle leaves (dried) T5
Lemon myrtle leaves (dried) T5

[2]          Schedule, Table 3 - Residue definitions

insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues

COMPOUND RESIDUE

Bixafen

{T} Commodities of plant origin for enforcement: Bixafen

{T} Commodities of plant origin for dietary exposure assessment: Sum of bixafen and N-(3',4'-dichloro-5-fluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (bixafen-desmethyl), expressed as bixafen

{T} Commodities of animal origin: Sum of bixafen and N-(3',4'-dichloro-5-fluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (bixafen-desmethyl), expressed as bixafen

[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)

Bixafen

Canola forage T5
Canola straw and fodder (dry) T0.3
Forage and fodder of cereal grains T10
Pulse forage and fodder T7

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)

Fluxapyroxad

OMIT:
Barley forage 7
AS       0640 Barley straw and fodder, dry 7
Primary feed commodities (except barley forage, barley straw and fodder, dry) 1
SUBSTITUTE:
Forage and fodder of cereal grains 20
Primary feed commodities (except forage and fodder of cereal grains) 1

Propaquizafop

OMIT:
Legume pastures (green) 5
SUBSTITUTE:
Primary feed commodities except Cotton fodder, Legume animal feeds [except legume pastures, peanut forage(green) and fodder], Peanut fodder and Peanut forage 5

Prothioconazole

OMIT:
AL       0157 Legume animal feeds [except Peanut fodder] T3
Rape seed [canola] forage, fodder and straw 3
SUBSTITUTE:
Pulse forage and fodder T7
Rape seed [canola] forage, fodder and straw T10

[4]           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, E)-7, 9, 11-dodecatrienyl formate ·   {T} Pheromone for mating disruption of carob moth (Ectomyelois ceratoniae)
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