Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2021 (Cth)
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2021
I, Sheila Logan, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.
Dated 19 January 2021
Sheila Logan
Delegate
1 Name
This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2021.
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 2019
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) |
| Fomesafen | ||
| MO 0105 | Edible offal (mammalian) | *0.02 |
| PE 0112 | Eggs | *0.02 |
| MM 0095 | Meat (mammalian) | *0.02 |
| ML 0106 | Milks | *0.02 |
| PO 0111 | Poultry, Edible offal of | *0.02 |
| PM 0110 | Poultry meat | *0.02 |
| VD 0070 | Pulses | *0.01 |
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: | ||
| VO 1275 | Sweet corn (kernels) | T0.05 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| VO 0447 | Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob) | *0.01 |
| Fluopyram | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| MO 0105 | Edible offal (mammalian) | 0.5 |
| ML 0106 | Milks | *0.02 |
| SO 0495 | Rape seed [canola] | *0.01 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| All other foods | 0.2 | |
| GC 0080 | Cereal grains | 0.03 |
| MO 0105 | Edible offal (mammalian) | 0.7 |
| VL 0482 | Lettuce, head | 15 |
| VL 0483 | Lettuce, leaf | 15 |
| ML 0106 | Milks | 0.1 |
| SO 0088 | Oilseed | 0.03 |
| VD 0070 | Pulses | 0.03 |
| Metalaxyl | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| TN 0678 | Walnuts | T0.3 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| TN 0678 | Walnuts | T*0.01 |
| Methomyl see also Thiodicarb | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| FI 0345 | Mango | T0.2 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| FI 0345 | Mango | T*0.01 |
| Prothioconazole | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| VD 0070 | Pulses | T0.7 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| VD 0070 | Pulses | *0.02 |
| Spinetoram | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| VA 0384 | Leek | T0.2 |
| VA 0385 | Onion, bulb | T*0.01 |
| VA 0387 | Onion, Welsh | T0.3 |
| VA 0388 | Shallot | T0.3 |
| VA 0389 | Spring onion | T0.3 |
| TN 0085 | Tree nuts | 0.02 |
| SUBSITUTE: | ||
| TN 0060 | Almonds | *0.01 |
| VA 0035 | Bulb vegetables [alliums] | 0.1 |
| SB 0715 | Cacao beans | *0.01 |
| FT 0291 | Carob | 0.1 |
| TN 0085 | Tree nuts {except Almonds} | 0.02 |
For each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below:
| COMPOUND | FOOD | MRL (mg/kg) |
| Bromoxynil | ||
| TN 0678 | Walnuts | T*0.01 |
| Diflufenican | ||
| TN 0678 | Walnuts | T*0.01 |
| Trifloxystrobin | ||
| VL 0482 | Lettuce, head | 15 |
| VL 0483 | Lettuce, leaf | 15 |
3 Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions
Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues:
| COMPOUND | RESIDUE |
| Fomesafen | Fomesafen |
4 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) |
| Fomesafen | ||
| Pulse forage and fodder (fresh weight) | *0.01 |
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) |
| Azoxystrobin | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| Fodder and forage of sweet corn | 15 | |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| Fodder and forage of sweet corn | T20 | |
| Diflufenican | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| AS 0081 | Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains | 0.2 |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| Barley forage | T0.5 | |
| AS 0081 | Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains {except Wheat straw and fodder, dry} | 0.2 |
| Wheat forage | T2 | |
| AS 0654 | Wheat straw and fodder, dry | T0.5 |
| COMPOUND | ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY | MRL (mg/kg) |
| Fluopyram | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| Primary feed commodities {except Rape seed [canola] fodder, dry; Rape seed [canola] forage} | 0.3 | |
| Rape seed [canola] fodder, dry | 0.03 | |
| Rape seed [canola] forage | 3 | |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| Primary feed commodities | 5 | |
| Indoxacarb | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| Peanut fodder | T30 | |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| Peanut fodder | T50 | |
| Pyroxasulfone | ||
| OMIT: | ||
| Primary feed commodities | 0.7 | |
| SUBSTITUTE: | ||
| Primary feed commodities {except Wheat forage} | 0.7 | |
| Wheat forage | T1 |
For the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below:
| COMPOUND | ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY | MRL (mg/kg) |
| Aclonifen | ||
| Barley forage | T1 | |
| Wheat forage | T5 | |
| Spinetoram | ||
| AM 1051 | Fodder beet (fresh weight) | *0.01 |
| AV 1051 | Fodder beet leaves or tops | 0.5 |
5 Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary
Insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses:
| SUBSTANCE | USE |
| Sodium hypochlorite | When used as disinfectant in banana plant propagation material |
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: | |
Melatonin | · Subcutaneous implant in sheep to regulate ovulation |
| SUBSTITUTE: | |
Melatonin | · Subcutaneous implant in goats and sheep |
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