Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 10) 2020 (Cth)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument     (No. 10) 2020

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

Dated   24 November 2020  

Jason Lutze

Delegate

1  Name

This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 10) 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 2019

1  Schedule 1, Table 1—MRLs 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)
Acetamiprid
OMIT:
FI         0326	Avocado	0.05
FI         0345	Mango	0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
FI         0030	Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits – inedible peel	0.2
SO      0305	Olives for oil production	T0.5
FP       0307	Persimmon, Japanese	T0.3
FT       0305	Table olives	T0.5
Afidopyropen
OMIT:
VR       0577	Carrot	T*0.01
FB       0275	Strawberry	T0.1
SUBSTITUTE:
VS       0620	Artichoke, globe	0.1
GC      0640	Barley	*0.01
VR       0577	Carrot	*0.01
SO      0495	Rape seed [canola]	*0.01
VS       0627	Rhubarb	0.1
FB       0275	Strawberry	0.2
GC      2090	Sweet corns	*0.01
GC      0654	Wheat	*0.01
Azoxystrobin
OMIT:
GC      0645	Maize	T*0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
GC      0645	Maize	*0.01
Cyproconazole
OMIT:
VD      0524	Chick-pea (dry)	0.03
VD      0533	Lentil (dry)	0.03
GC      0645	Maize	T*0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
GC      0645	Maize	*0.01
VD      0070	Pulses	0.05
VD      0447	Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)	*0.01
Pyriproxyfen
OMIT:
FI         0326	Avocado	0.05
FI         0345	Mango	0.05
FT       0305	Olives	1
SUBSTITUTE:
FI         0030	Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits – inedible peel	0.3
SO      0305	Olives for oil production	1
FP       0307	Persimmon, Japanese	T0.2
FT       0305	Table olives	1

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

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Flumioxazin
FI         0327	Banana	T*0.02
Tetraniliprole
FI         0345	Mango	T0.2

2  Schedule 1, Table 4—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)
Azoxystrobin
OMIT:
Fodder and forage of sweet corn	T15
SUBSTITUTE:
Fodder and forage of sweet corn	15
Cyproconazole
OMIT:
AS       0645	Maize fodder	T1
AF       0645	Maize forage	T2
SUBSTITUTE:
Fodder and forage of sweet corn	10
Maize forage and fodder	10

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

COMPOUND	ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY	MRL (mg/kg)
Afidopyropen
Barley forage	0.5
AS       0640	Barley straw and fodder, dry	0.2
Rape seed [canola] forage	1
Rape seed [canola] straw and fodder	0.05
Sweet corn forage and fodder	2
Wheat forage	0.5
AS       0654	Wheat straw and fodder, dry	0.2

3  Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary

Insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses:

SUBSTANCE	USE
Iron phosphate	For use as a molluscicide