Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 6) 2021 (Cth)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 6) 2021

I, Sheila Logan, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.

Dated   7 July 2021

Sheila Logan

Delegate

1  Name

This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 6) 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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)
Fluazaindolizine
All other foods	0.1
MO      0105		Edible offal (mammalian)	*0.01
PE       0112		Eggs	*0.01
VC      0045		Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits	0.2
VO      0050		Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits	0.2
HS      0783		Galangal, rhizomes	0.3
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
VR       0075		Root and tuber vegetables	0.3

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)
Abamectin
OMIT:
FT      0297	Fig	T0.05
FS      0012	Stone fruits {except Cherries}	T0.03
Acetamiprid
OMIT:
VC     0424	Cucumber	T0.2
FT      0295	Date	T5
Acifluorfen
OMIT:
Chia	T*0.01
Amitrole
OMIT:
FI      0353	Pineapple	*0.01
GS     0659	Sugar cane	*0.01
Azoxystrobin
OMIT:
FI      0327	Banana	T0.5
VR     0581	Galangal, greater	T0.1
HS     0794	Turmeric, root	T0.1

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Benzyladenine
OMIT:
TN       0675	Pistachio nut	T*0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
TN       0678	Walnut	T*0.005
Fludioxonil
OMIT:
PE       0012	Eggs	T*0.01
PM      0110	Poultry meat	T*0.01
PO      0111	Poultry, edible offal of	T*0.01
VD      0070	Pulses	T0.1
SUBSTITUTE:
PE       0012	Eggs	*0.01
PM      0110	Poultry meat	*0.01
PO      0111	Poultry, edible offal of	*0.01
VD      0070	Pulses	0.1
Fluxapyroxad
OMIT:
VD      0524	Chick-pea (dry)	T*0.01
VD      0533	Lentil (dry)	T*0.01
Metamitron
OMIT:
FP       0226	Apple	0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
FP       0009	Pome fruits	0.01

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Pydiflumetofen
OMIT:
MO      0105	Edible offal (mammalian)	*0.01
MM     0095	Meat (mammalian)	*0.01
VD      0070	Pulses	T0.5
SUBSTITUTE:
MO      0105	Edible offal (mammalian)	0.02
MM     0095	Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]	0.02
VD      0070	Pulses	0.4
Quizalofop-ethyl
OMIT:
GC    0648	Quinoa	T*0.02
Tebuconazole
OMIT:
VS     0621	Asparagus	T*0.02
Tebufenozide
OMIT:
FT     0307	Persimmon, Japanese	0.1
TN     0675	Pistachio nut	T0.05
Thiabendazole
OMIT:
SO0697	Peanut	T*0.01

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

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Metrafenone
VO      0448	Tomato	T0.7
Pyroxasulfone
SO      0699	Safflower seed	T*0.01

Omit each of the following compounds and associated foods and MRLs:

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Azinphos-methyl
FB     0020	Blueberries	5
MO    0105	Edible offal (mammalian)	*0.05
FB     0269	Grapes	2
FI      0343	Litchi	2
TN     0669	Macadamia nuts	*0.01
MM     0095	Meat (mammalian)	*0.05
ML    0106	Milks	*0.05
FP     0009	Pome fruits	1
FS     0012	Stone fruits	2
Tepraloxydim
MO    0105	Edible offal (mammalian)	*0.1
PE     0112	Eggs	*0.1
MM     0095	Meat (mammalian)	*0.1
ML    0106	Milks	*0.02
PM    0110	Poultry meat	*0.1
PO    0111	Poultry, edible offal of	*0.1
VD    0070	Pulses	*0.1
SO    0495	Rape seed [canola]	*0.1

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Thifensulfuron-methyl
GC0080	Cereal grains {except Maize; Rice}	*0.02
MO0105	Edible offal (mammalian)	*0.01
PE0112	Eggs	*0.01
MM0095	Meat (mammalian)	*0.01
ML0106	Milks	0.01
PM0110	Poultry meat	*0.01
PO0111	Poultry, edible offal of	*0.01

2  Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions

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

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Fluazaindolizine

For enforcement for commodities of plant and animal origin: fluazaindolizine

For dietary exposure assessment for commodities of plant origin: Sum of hydrolysis products 2-chloro-5-hydroxybenzenesulfonamide (IN-A5760), 2-chloro-5-methoxybenzenesulfonamide (IN-F4106), 8-chloro-6-(trifluoromethyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-2-carboxylic acid (IN-QEK31), 3-[[(2-chloro-5-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl]amino]-L-alanine (IN-QZY47), 3-[[(2-chloro-5-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl]amino]-(2R)-hydroxypropanoic acid (IN-TMQ01), 3-[[(2-chloro-5-hydroxyphenyl)sulfonyl]amino]alanine (IN-UJV12) and 3-[[(2-chloro-5-hydroxyphenyl)sulfonyl]amino]-2-hydroxypropanoic acid (IN-UNS90), expressed as fluazaindolizine

For dietary exposure assessment for commodities of animal origin: Sum of fluazaindolizine, 8-chloro-6-(trifluoromethyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-2-carboxylic acid (IN-QEK31), 2-chloro-5-methoxybenzenesulfonamide (IN-F4106) and 3-[[(2-chloro-5-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl]amino]-(2R)-hydroxypropanoic acid (IN-TMQ01) expressed as fluazaindolizine

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)
Fluazaindolizine
Primary feed commodities	0.3
Tomato pomace, dry	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)
Fludioxonil
OMIT:
Rape seed [canola] forage (fresh weight)	*0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
Rape seed [canola] forage	1
Fluxapyroxad
OMIT:
Chick-pea forage and fodder	T5
Lentil forage and fodder	T5
Primary feed commodities {except Chick-pea forage and fodder; Forage and fodder of cereal grains; Lentil forage and fodder}	1
SUBSTITUTE:
Primary feed commodities {except Forage and fodder of cereal grains}	1
Prothioconazole
OMIT:
Cereal straw	0.3
SUBSTITUTE:
Cereal straw	3
Pydiflumetofen
OMIT:
Primary feed commodities {except Rape seed [canola] forage; Rape seed [canola] straw and fodder, dry}	0.2
Rape seed [canola] straw and fodder, dry	0.1
SUBSTITUTE:
Primary feed commodities {except Pulse forage and fodder; Rape seed [canola] forage}	0.2
Pulse forage and fodder	10
Quizalofop-ethyl
OMIT:
Quinoa forage and fodder	T5

Omit each of the following compounds and associated animal feed commodities and MRLs:

COMPOUND	ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY	MRL (mg/kg)
Tepraloxydim
AL0157	Legume animal feeds	3
Rape seed [canola] forage and fodder	3
Thifensulfuron-methyl
AS0081	Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains	5