Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 6) (Cth)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 6)¹

I, Jason Lutze, 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.

Jason Lutze

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

Dated this Fifth day of June 2017

1                Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 6).

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 for pesticides in plant 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)
Diflufenican
OMIT:
MM     0095	Meat [mammalian]	0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
MM     0095	Meat [mammalian][in the fat]	0.05

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

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Fluazinam
FB       0275	Strawberry	T*0.05
Pyraflufen-ethyl
VD      0523	Broad bean (dry) [Faba bean (dry)]	*0.02
VD      0561	Field pea (dry)	*0.02
Spirotetramat
GC      0645	Maize	T*0.02
GC      0651	Sorghum	T*0.02

[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)
Pyraflufen-ethyl
OMIT:
Primary feed commodities	3
SUBSTITUTE:
AL       0157	Legume animal feeds	5
Primary feed commodities (except Legume animal feeds)	3

[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
Streptomyces lydicus WYEC108	·   For use as a fungicide