Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1) (Cth)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1)1

I, Matthew O’Mullane, Executive Director, Scientific Assessment and Chemical Review and delegate 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.

Matthew O’Mullane

Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Dated this Fifth day of January 2017

1                Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1).

  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)

Metazachlor

All other foods 1
GC 0080 Cereal grains *0.03
PE 0112 Eggs *0.05
MO 0105 Edible offal (Mammalian) *0.05
MM 0095 Meat (mammalian) *0.05
ML 0106 Milks *0.01
SO 0088 Oilseeds *0.03
PO 0111 Poultry, Edible offal of *0.05
PM 0110 Poultry meat *0.05
VP 0070 Pulses *0.03

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)

Flonicamid

OMIT:
FP       0226 Apple 0.7
SUBSTITUTE:
FP       0009 Pome fruits 0.7

Propiconazole

OMIT:
SO      0702 Sunflower seed T2
SUBSTITUTE:
SO      0702 Sunflower seed T0.5

Pyrimethanil

OMIT:
FP       0009 Pome fruits 0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
FP       0009 Pome fruits T15

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

COMPOUND FOOD MRL (mg/kg)

Boscalid

SO      0697 Peanut T0.1
OR      0697 Peanut oil, edible T0.7

Flonicamid

FB       0275 Strawberry T2

Fluopyram

SO      0495 Rape seed [canola seed] T*0.01

Imazamox

VD      0536 Mung bean (dry) T*0.05

[2]            Schedule, Table 3 - Residue definitions

insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues

COMPOUND RESIDUE
Metazachlor

Commodities of plant origin for enforcement: Sum of metabolites 479M04 (N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(1H-pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)oxalamide), 479M08 (N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(1H-pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)aminocarbonylmethylsulfonic acid) and 479M16 (3-[N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(1H-pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)aminocarbonylmethylsulfinyl]-2-hydroxypropanoic acid), expressed as metazachlor

Commodities of plant origin for dietary exposure assessment: Sum of metazachlor and its metabolites containing the 2,6-dimethylaniline moiety, expressed as metazachlor

Commodities of animal origin: Sum of metazachlor and its metabolites containing the 2,6-dimethylaniline moiety, expressed as metazachlor

[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)

Metazachlor

Primary feed commodities 2

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)

Fenhexamid

OMIT:
AL 0528 Pea vines (green) T100
SUBSTITUTE:
AL 0528 Pea vines (green) T150

Imazamox

OMIT:
AL       0157 Legume animal feeds [except faba bean forage and fodder, peanut forage (green); pea vines (green); soya bean forage (green)] 1
SUBSTITUTE:
AL       0157 Legume animal feeds [except faba bean forage and fodder; mung bean forage and fodder; peanut forage (green); pea vines (green); soya bean forage (green)] 1
Mung bean forage and fodder [fresh weight] T*0.05

Pyraflufen-ethyl

OMIT:
AF       0081 Forage of cereal grains (green) 2
Pasture (mixed grass / leguminous) 3
AS       0081 Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains 1.0
SUBSTITUTE:
Primary feed commodities 3

Pyrimethanil

OMIT:
Pome fruit pomace, dry 0.03
SUBSTITUTE:
Pome fruit pomace, dry T100

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

COMPOUND ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY MRL (mg/kg)

Boscalid

Peanut meal T0.5

Fluopyram

Canola forage (green) T2
Canola fodder (dry) T0.05

Trifluralin

Forage and fodder of cereal grains *0.05

[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
Cholecalciferol For use in bait stations within strawberry crops
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