Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 8) (Cth)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No.8)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 First day of June 2016

1                Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 8).

  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)

Bromoxynil

OMIT:
VA       0381 Garlic T0.1
SUBSTITUTE::
VA       0381 Garlic T*0.05

Carbendazim

OMIT:
VA       0381 Garlic T0.2
VA       0385 Onion, Bulb T*0.2
SUBSTITUTE::
VA       0381 Garlic T*0.01

Clothianidin

OMIT:
FS       0013 Cherries T5
VC      0045 Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits T1
VO      0050 Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits [except Sweet corn (corn on the cob) and mushrooms] T0.7
FI         0352 Persimmon, American T2
FT       0307 Persimmon, Japanese T2
FP       0009 Pome fruits T2
FS       0012 Stone fruits [except Cherries] T3
SUBSTITUTE::
FC       0001 Citrus fruits T0.2
VC      0045 Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits 0.5
VO      0050 Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits [except Sweet corn (corn on the cob) and Mushrooms] 0.7
FI         0352 Persimmon, American 2
FT       0307 Persimmon, Japanese 2
FP       0009 Pome fruits 2
FS       0012 Stone fruits 3

Ethephon

OMIT:
FT       0305 Olives T5
SUBSTITUTE::
FT       0305 Olives T20

Iprodione

OMIT:
VA       0381 Garlic T10
SUBSTITUTE::
VA       0381 Garlic T0.3

Methabenzthiazuron

OMIT:
VA       0381 Garlic T*0.05
SUBSTITUTE::
VA       0381 Garlic T*0.01

Pirimicarb

OMIT:
VD      0560  Adzuki bean (dry) T0.5
VD      0536 Mung bean (dry) T0.5
VD      0070 Pulses [except Adzuki bean (dry), Mung bean (dry) and Soya bean (dry)] T*0.01
VD      0541 Soya bean (dry) T0.5
Vegetables [except Celeriac; Celery; Leafy vegetables; Lupin (dry); Onion, Welsh; Shallot; Spring onion; Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)] 1
SUBSTITUTE:
VD      0070 Pulses T*0.02
Vegetables [except Celeriac; Celery; Leafy vegetables; Onion, Welsh; Pulses; Shallot; Spring onion; Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)] 1

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

COMPOUND FOOD MRL (mg/kg)

Linuron

Chia T*0.05

[2]            Schedule, Table 4 - MRLs for pesticides in animal feed commodities

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)

Clothianidin

OMIT:
Pasture (mixed grass/leguminous) 2
Tomato pomace, dry T10
SUBSTITUTE:
AB       0001 Citrus pulp, dry T1
Pasture 2
Tomato pomace, dry 2

[3]            Schedule, Table 5 - MRLs for pesticides in animal feed commodities

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

SUBSTANCE USE

Gonadotrophin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) and analogues [including buserelin, deslorelin, gonadorelin, triptorelin acetate and salmon GnRH analogue]

·     Cattle: treatment of cystic ovaries; prevention of delayed ovulation; improvement of fertility rate

·     Horses: induction of ovulation; treatment of anoestrus

·     Finfish: induction of spawning in finfish broodstock

·     Pigs: induction and synchronisation of oestrus

·     Rabbits: induction of ovulation; improvement of conception rate

omit the following substances and associated uses

SUBSTANCE USE

Gonadotrophin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) and synthetic analogues [including buserelin, deslorelin, gonadorelin and salmon GnRH analogue]

·     Cattle: treatment of cystic ovaries; prevention of delayed ovulation; improvement of fertility rate

·     Horses: induction of ovulation; treatment of anoestrus

·     Finfish: induction of spawning in finfish broodstock

·     Pigs: at a dose of 0.01mg/animal for induction of ovulation

·     Rabbits: induction of ovulation; improvement of conception rate

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