Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 9) (Cth)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No.9)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 Twenty fifth day of September 2015

1                Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 9).

  1. Commencement

    This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

  2. 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)

Cyazofamid

VB       0400 Broccoli 2
MO      0105 Edible offal (Mammalian) *0.01
PE       0112 Eggs *0.01
MM     0095 Meat [mammalian] *0.01
ML      0106 Milks *0.01
VR       0589 Potato *0.01
PO      0111 Poultry, Edible offal of *0.01
PM      0110 Poultry meat *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)

Dichlorvos

OMIT:
SB       0715 Cacao beans [cocoa beans] 5
SB       0716 Coffee beans 2
MO      0105 Edible offal (Mammalian) 0.05
PE       0112 Eggs 0.05
Fruits 0.1
VD      0533 Lentil (dry) 2
VL       0482 Lettuce, Head 1
VL       0483 Lettuce, Leaf 1
MM     0095 Meat [mammalian] 0.05
ML      0106 Milks 0.02
VO      0450 Mushrooms 0.5
SO      0697 Peanut 2
PO      0111 Poultry, Edible offal of 0.05
PM      0110 Poultry meat 0.05
SO      0495 Rape seed T0.1
VD      0541 Soya bean (dry) 2
VO      0448 Tomato 0.5
TN       0085 Tree nuts 2
Vegetables [except lentil (dry); lettuce, head; lettuce, leaf; soya bean (dry)] 0.5
SUBSTITUTE:
MO      0105 Edible offal (Mammalian) *0.01
PE       0112 Eggs *0.01
MM     0095 Meat [mammalian] *0.01
ML      0106 Milks *0.01
SO      0088 Oilseeds *0.01
PO      0111 Poultry, Edible offal of *0.01
PM      0110 Poultry meat *0.01
VP       0070 Pulses *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

TN       0669 Macadamia nuts T*0.01

Bupirimate

FB       0275 Strawberry T*0.01

Chlorothalonil

TN       0675 Pistachio nut T0.1

Flumioxazin

GS      0659 Sugarcane *0.01

Sulphur dioxide

FB       1235 Table-grapes 10

Tebuconazole

TN       0660 Almonds *0.01

[2]            Schedule, Table 3 – Residue definitions

insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues

COMPOUND RESDIUE
Cyazofamid

For compliance in plant and animal commodities: cyazofamid

For dietary risk assessment in plant and animal commodities: the sum of cyazofamid and 4-chloro-5-(4-methyphenyl)-1H-imidazole-2-carbonitrile, expressed as cyazofamid

[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)

Phenmedipham

AM      1051 Fodder beet T0.2
AV       1051 Fodder beet leaves or tops T2

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)

Flumioxazin

OMIT:
Primary feed commodities [except forage of cereal grains [fresh weight]; forage of oil seeds [fresh weight]; forage and fodder of pulses; oil seed straw and fodder; straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains] 10
SUBSTITUTE:
Primary feed commodities [except forage of cereal grains [fresh weight]; forage of oil seeds [fresh weight]; forage and fodder of pulses; oil seed straw and fodder; straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains; sugar cane fodder; and sugar cane forage] 10
AM      0659 Sugar cane fodder *0.01
AV       0659 Sugar cane forage *0.01

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

COMPOUND ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY MRL (mg/kg)

Tebuconazole

Almond hulls 2

[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:
Thymol ·   {T} Treatment of mites on bees
SUBSTITUTE:
Thymol ·   Treatment and control of Varroa mites on bees
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