Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 3) (Cth)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No.3)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 March 2016

1                Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 3).

  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

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)

Acetamiprid

OMIT:
SO      0691 Cotton seed *0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

FC       0001 Citrus fruits 1
SO      0691 Cotton seed 0.07
FP       0009 Pome fruits T0.5

Dichlorvos

OMIT:
GC      0080 Cereal grains 5
CM      1206 Rice bran, unprocessed 10
CM      0654 Wheat bran, unprocessed 10
CF       1210 Wheat germ 10

SUBSTITUTE:

GC      0080 Cereal grains *0.01

Propiconazole

OMIT:
FC       0001 Citrus fruits T7

SUBSTITUTE:

FC       0001 Citrus fruits 7

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

COMPOUND FOOD MRL (mg/kg)

Acibenzolar-S-methyl

VO      0448 Tomato 1

Boscalid

VD      0560 Adzuki bean T3

Chlorantraniliprole

FI         0326 Avocado T2

Clothianidin

VD      0526 Common bean (dry) [navy bean] T0.1
VD      0536 Mung bean (dry) T0.1

Flonicamid

VO      0448 Tomato T0.5

Metalaxyl

TN       0678 Walnuts T0.3

Metsulfuron-methyl

VD      0536 Mung bean (dry) T0.2

Pymetrozine

FB       0275 Strawberry T0.3

Sulfoxaflor

FI         0353 Pineapple T0.1
FB       0275 Strawberry T0.7

[2]            Schedule, Table 3 - Residue definitions

for each of the following compounds, omit the associated residue listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated residue listed under 'substitute'

COMPOUND RESIDUE
OMIT:

Glyphosate

Sum of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate

SUBSTITUTE:

Glyphosate

For enforcement: Sum of glyphosate, N-acetyl-glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate

For dietary risk assessment: Sum of glyphosate, N-acetyl-glyphosate, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) and N-acetyl-aminomethylphosphonic acid (N-acetyl AMPA), expressed as glyphosate

[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)

Acetamiprid

AB       0001 Citrus pulp, dry 5

Acibenzolar-S-methyl

Tomato pomace, dry 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)

Propiconazole

OMIT:
AB       0001 Citrus pulp, dry T10
SUBSTITUTE:
AB       0001 Citrus pulp, dry 10

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

COMPOUND ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY MRL (mg/kg)

Clopyralid

AM      1051 Fodder beet [fresh weight] T2
AV       1051 Fodder beet leaves or tops [fresh weight] T3

Metsulfuron-methyl

Mung bean forage and fodder T1

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

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

SUBSTANCE USE

Rotenone

·     {T} Piscicide in marron dams

  1. Note

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See

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