Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2019 (No. 1) (Cth)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2019 (No. 1)1

I, Alan Norden, Executive Director, Registration Management and Evaluation 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.

Alan Norden

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

Dated this Twenty-third day of January 2019

1                Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2019 (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

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:
VB       0040 Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flowerhead brassicas 0.7
VL       0054 Brassica leafy vegetables [except mizuna] 2
VA       0036 Bulb Vegetables [except Fennel, Bulb, Onion, Bulb] 2
VL       0464 Chard [Silverbeet] T3
VL       0465 Chervil T50
VA       0380 Fennel, bulb T0.1
VL       0482 Lettuce, Head 15
VL       0483 Lettuce, Leaf 15
Mizuna T50
VL       0496 Rucola [Rocket] T50
SUBSTITUTE:
VB       0040 Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flowerhead brassicas 1
VA       0035 Bulb Vegetables [except Onion, Bulb] 5
VL       0053 Leafy vegetables 15
VA       0385 Onion, Bulb 0.2

Bifenthrin

OMIT:
VP       0526 Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds) T1
VC      0424 Cucumber T0.5
Peppers, chilli, other cultivars T0.5
FI         0353 Pineapple T*0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
VP       0526 Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds) 0.7
VC      0424 Cucumber 0.5
Peppers, chilli, other cultivars 0.5
FI         0353 Pineapple *0.01

Cyproconazole

OMIT:
VD      0070 Pulses T0.07
SUBSTITUTE:
VD      0524 Chick-pea (dry) 0.03
VD      0533 Lentil (dry) 0.03

Difenoconazole

OMIT:
FB       1235 Table-grapes 2
FB       1236  Wine-grapes 0.02
SUBSTITUTE:
FB       0269 Grapes 2

Fenoxycarb

OMIT:
FT       0305 Olives T1
OC      0305 Olive oil, virgin T3
SUBSTITUTE:
SO      0305 Olives for oil production 2
OC      0305 Olive oil, virgin 7
FT       0305 Table Olives 2

Fenvalerate

OMIT:
FT       0305 Olives T1
OR      0305 Olive oil, refined T7
SUBSTITUTE:
SO      0305 Olives for oil production T1
OC      0305 Olive oil, crude T5
FT       0305 Table olives T1

Phosphorous acid

OMIT:
FI         0326 Avocado T500
TN       0085 Tree nuts T3000
SUBSTITUTE:
FI         0326 Avocado 500
TN       0085 Tree nuts 3000

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

COMPOUND FOOD MRL (mg/kg)

Fipronil

VR       0577 Carrot T0.05

Florpyrauxifen-benzyl

GC      0651 Sorghum T*0.02

Thiabendazole

VR       0505 Taro T5

[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)

Bifenthrin

OMIT:
AL       0061 Bean fodder T20
AL       1030 Bean forage (green) T20
SUBSTITUTE:
AL       0061 Bean fodder 20
AL       1030 Bean forage (green) 20
AM      0353 Pineapple fodder *0.01
AV       0353 Pineapple forage *0.01

Cyproconazole

OMIT:
Pulse forage and fodder T5
SUBSTITUTE:
Pulse forage and fodder 3

Difenoconazole

OMIT:
AB       0269 Grape pomace, dry 0.1
SUBSTITUTE:
AB       0269 Grape pomace, dry 10

Saflufenacil

OMIT:
Forage and fodder of cereal grains 1
AS       0081 Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains *0.1
SUBSTITUTE:
Forage and fodder of cereal grains [except Sorghum forage (green)[fresh weight]; Sorghum straw and fodder, dry] 1

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

COMPOUND ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY MRL (mg/kg)

Florpyrauxifen-benzyl

AS       0651 Sorghum straw and fodder, dry T0.1

Propiconazole

Forage and fodder (dry) of prairie grass T1

[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
Bromelain For use in piglets

for each of the following substances, omit the associated uses listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated uses listed under 'substitute' (if any)

SUBSTANCE USE
Cholecalciferol
OMIT:
For use in bait stations within strawberry crops
SUBSTITUTE:

For use as a rodenticide in bait stations within horticultural cropping areas

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