Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2020 (Cth)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2020

I, Jason Lutze, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.

Dated                                       9 January 2020

Jason Lutze

Delegate

1  Name

This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2020.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 6(2), for the purposes of subparagraph 5A(3)(b)(iii) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code, as scheduled to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Instrument 2020

1  Schedule 1, Table 1—MRLs in food commodities

Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated foods and MRLs:

COMPOUND		FOOD			MRL (mg/kg)
Bixlozone
GC      0640		Barley	*0.01
MO      0105		Edible offal (Mammalian)	*0.01
PE       0112		Eggs	*0.01
MM     0095		Meat [mammalian]	*0.01
ML      0106		Milks	*0.01
PO      0111		Poultry, Edible offal of	*0.01
PM      0110		Poultry meat	*0.01
SO      0495		Rape seed [canola]	*0.01
GC      0654		Wheat	*0.01
Carbetamide
MO      0105		Edible offal (mammalian)	*0.05
PE       0112		Eggs	*0.05
MM     0095		Meat (mammalian)	*0.05
ML      0106		Milks	*0.05
PO      0111		Poultry, edible offal of	*0.05
PM      0110		Poultry meat	*0.05
VD      0070		Pulses	*0.01

Flubendazole
Chicken fat/skin	0.03
Chicken liver	0.2
Chicken kidney	0.1
Chicken muscle	*0.02
PE       0112	Eggs	0.6
Pig fat/skin	*0.02
MO      1285	Pig liver	0.4
MO      1284	Pig kidney	0.3
Pig muscle	*0.02

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)
Bifenthrin
OMIT:
GS      0659	Sugar cane	*0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
GS      0659	Sugar cane	T0.7
Glufosinate and Glufosinate ammonium
OMIT:
VP       0538	Podded pea (young pods) [snow and sugar snap]	T1
SUBSTITUTE:
VP       0538	Podded pea (young pods) [snow and sugar snap]	T*0.05
Lasalocid
OMIT:
PM      0110	Poultry meat	0.1
Poultry skin/fat	1
PO      0111	Poultry, edible offal of	0.4
SUBSTITUTE:
Poultry fat/skin	0.6
Poultry kidney	0.7
Poultry liver	1.2
Poultry muscle	0.4
Oxamyl
OMIT:
VR       0508	Sweet potato	T0.5
SUBSTITUTE:
VR       0508	Sweet potato	0.2
Pyrimethanil
OMIT:
FP       0009	Pome fruits	T15
SUBSTITUTE:
FP       0009	Pome fruits	15
Trinexapac-ethyl
OMIT:
SO      0698	Poppy seed	7
GS      0659	Sugar cane	T0.2
SUBSTITUTE:
SO      0698	Poppy seed	20
GS      0659	Sugar cane	0.1
Tylosin
OMIT:
MM     0812	Cattle meat	*0.01
MO      0812	Cattle, edible offal of	*0.01
ML      0106	Milk	0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
MM     0812	Cattle meat	*0.1
MO      0812	Cattle, edible offal of	*0.1
ML      0106	Milk	*0.05

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

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Diafenthiuron
VC      0045	Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits	0.5
VO      0050	Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits	0.5
Difenoconazole
SB       0716	Coffee beans	T*0.01
Etoxazole
VO      1275	Sweet corn (kernels)	T*0.01
Fluopyram
FI         0030	Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits – inedible peel {except Banana; Pineapple}	T2
Fluralaner
PE       0840	Chicken eggs	1.3
Chicken fat/skin	0.6
Chicken kidney	0.4
PO      0840	Chicken liver	0.6
Chicken muscle	0.06
Halosulfuron-methyl
VD      0541	Soya bean (dry)	T*0.01
Imazamox
PE       0112	Eggs	*0.01
PM      0110	Poultry meat	*0.01
PO      0111	Poultry, edible offal of	*0.01
SO      0702	Sunflower seed	0.05
Imazapyr
SO      0702	Sunflower seed	*0.02
Napropamide
HH      0722	Basil	T*0.1
Prosulfocarb
SO      0699	Safflower seed	T*0.01
Tebuconazole
SB       0716	Coffee bean	T0.1
Trifloxystrobin
FI         0030	Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits – inedible peel {except Banana; Pineapple}	T2

2  Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions

Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues:

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Bixlozone

Bixlozone

Flubendazole

Commodities other than eggs: Sum of flubendazole and 2-amino-1 H-benzimidazole-5-yl)(4-fluorophenyl methanone, expressed as flubendazole

Eggs: Flubendazole

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:
Fluralaner	{T} Fluralaner
SUBSTITUTE:
Fluralaner	Fluralaner

3  Schedule 1, Table 4—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)
Bixlozone
Barley forage, fodder and straw	0.2
Canola fodder, dry	0.02
Canola forage	0.5
Wheat forage, fodder and straw	0.2
Carbetamide
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)
Glufosinate and Glufosinate ammonium
OMIT:
AL       0528	Pea vines (green)	T15
SUBSTITUTE:
AL       0528	Pea vines (green)	T*0.05
Imazapyr
OMIT:
Primary feed commodities {except Forage and fodder (dry) of cereal grains; Maize fodder, dry; Maize forage (fresh weight), Rape seed [canola] fodder (dry); Rape seed [canola] forage; Straw of cereal grains, dry}	15
SUBSTITUTE:
Primary feed commodities {except Forage and fodder (dry) of cereal grains; Maize fodder, dry; Maize forage (fresh weight), Rape seed [canola] fodder (dry); Rape seed [canola] forage; Straw of cereal grains, dry; Sunflower forage and fodder}	15
Sunflower forage and fodder	*0.05
Pyrimethanil
OMIT:
Pome fruit pomace, dry	T100
SUBSTITUTE:
Pome fruit pomace, dry	50

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

COMPOUND	ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY	MRL (mg/kg)
Diafenthiuron
Tomato pomace, dry	7
Etoxazole
Sweet corn fodder	T2
Sweet corn forage	T1
Halosulfuron-methyl
AL       0541	Soya bean fodder	T0.05
AL       1265	Soya bean forage (green)	T2
Imazamox
Sunflower forage and fodder	*0.05
Sunflower meal	0.2
Prosulfocarb
Safflower forage and fodder	T0.2

4  Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary

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
OMIT:
Hydrogen peroxide	·    {T} For use as an ectoparasiticide and fungicide in freshwater and saltwater fish and fish eggs.
SUBSTITUTE:
Hydrogen peroxide	·    {T} For use in prawns