Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 2) (Cth)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No.2)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 Third day of February 2016

1                Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 2).

  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)

Decoquinate

Chicken kidney 0.8
Chicken liver 1
PM      0840 Chicken meat 0.5
Chicken skin / fat 1

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:
SO      0691 Cotton seed *0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

SO      0691 Cotton seed T0.05

Bifenthrin

OMIT:
VB       0040 Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flower head brassicas [except Cabbages, Head] T1
VB       0041 Cabbages, Head T7

SUBSTITUTE:

VB       0040 Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flower head brassicas T1
VS       0624 Celery T*0.01
Peppers, chilli, other cultivars T0.5

Maldison

OMIT:
VO      0440 Egg plant [aubergine] 0.5
Fruits except citrus fruits; currant, black; dried fruits; grapes; pears; strawberry] 2
FP       0230 Pear 0.5
VO      0445 Peppers, Sweet [capsicums] 0.5
VO      0448 Tomato 3
Vegetables [except Beans (dry); Cauliflower; Chard; Egg plant [aubergine]; Garden pea; Kale; Kohlrabi; Lentil (dry); Onion, Welsh; Peppers, Sweet [capsicums]; Root and tuber vegetables; Shallot; Spring Onion; Tomato; Turnip, Garden] 2

SUBSTITUTE:

FB       0018 Berries and other small fruits [except grapes and strawberry] 10
VC      0424 Cucumber 3
VO      0050 Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits 3
Fruits [except berries and other small fruits; citrus fruits; dried fruits; stone fruits] 2
FS       0012 Stone fruits 5
Vegetables [except Beans (Dry); Cauliflower; Chard; Cucumber; Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits; Garden pea; Kale; Kohlrabi; Lentil (dry); Onion, Welsh; Root and tuber vegetables; Shallot; Spring Onion; Turnip, Garden] 2

Spinetoram

DELETE:
FM      0183 Milk fats 0.03
ML      0106 Milks *0.01
ADD:
SO      0691 Cotton seed *0.01
FM      0183 Milk fats 0.2
ML      0106 Milks 0.01
VD      0070 Pulses 0.01
GC      0651 Sorghum 0.2

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

COMPOUND FOOD MRL (mg/kg)

Cyproconazole

GC      0645 Maize T*0.01

Difenoconazole

SO      0691 Cotton seed T0.05

Ethephon

FI         0343 Lychee T*0.05

Etoxazole

FI         0345 Mango T0.1

Imidacloprid

VD      0526 Common bean (dry) [navy bean] T1

[2]            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)

Maldison

AB       0226 Apple pomace, dry 20
Tomato pomace, dry 10

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)

Azoxystrobin

OMIT:
AS       0645 Maize fodder T1
AF       0645 Maize forage T3
SUBSTITUTE:
AS       0645 Maize fodder T6
AF       0645 Maize forage T4

Spinetoram

DELETE:
Forage brassicas (green) 0.2
ADD:
Brassica forage crops 0.5
AF       0651 Sorghum forage (green) 0.2
AS       0651 Sorghum straw and fodder (dry) 0.2

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

COMPOUND ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY MRL (mg/kg)

Bifenthrin

AL       0061 Bean fodder T20
AL       1030 Bean forage (green) T20

Cyproconazole

AS       0645 Maize fodder T1
AF       0645 Maize forage T2

Pyraflufen-ethyl

AF       0081 Forage of cereal grains (green) 2

[3]            Schedule, Table 5 - Uses of substances where MRLs are not necessary

insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses

SUBSTANCE USE
ADD:
Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki exoprotein Vip3A ·     Insecticide expressed in recombinant cotton
Clitoria ternatea Extract ·     For use as an insecticide on food and non-food producing crops

for the following substances, insert in alphabetical order the associated uses listed below

SUBSTANCE USE
Formic acid ·     For use in bee hives for the control of Varroa mites
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