Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 7) 2021 (Cth)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 7) 2021

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

Dated   01 September 2021

Sheila Logan

Delegate

1  Name

This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 7) 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

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)
Etoxazole
OMIT:
FI         0326	Avocado		T0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
FI         0326	Avocado		T0.1
Fluopyram
OMIT:
MM     0095	Meat (mammalian)		0.7
SUBSTITUTE:
FB       2005	Cane berries		3
VP       0526	Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)		0.3
MM     0095	Meat (mammalian)		0.1
FB       0275	Strawberry		2
Imidacloprid
OMIT:
VP       0526	Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)		T1
SUBSTITUTE:
FI         0326	Avocado		0.2
VP       0526	Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)		2
FI         0345	Mango		0.2
FI      0350	Papaya [pawpaw]		0.2
Paclobutrazol
OMIT:
GC    0640	Barley		T0.1
VB     0400	Broccoli		T*0.01
GC    0654	Wheat		T0.1
Pendimethalin
OMIT:
SB     0716	Coffee beans		T*0.01
Phosphorous acid
OMIT:
Anise myrtle leaves		T1000
Lemon myrtle leaves		T1000
Riberries		T1000
HS    0794	Turmeric, root		T100
Prometryn
OMIT:
VD    0560	Adzuki bean (dry)		T*0.1
HS    0794	Turmeric, root		T*0.01
Propaquizafop
OMIT:
VA     0385	Onion, bulb		*0.05
Propiconazole
OMIT:
VS     0621	Asparagus		T*0.1
FB     0269	Grapes		1
FI      0352	Persimmon, American		T0.2
Riberries		T5
Propyzamide
OMIT:
VS     0620	Artichoke, globe		T*0.02
Proquinazid
OMIT:
VO      0448	Tomato		0.3
SUBSTITUTE:
VO      0050	Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits {except Peppers, sweet [capsicum]}		0.3
Pymetrozine
OMIT:
Leafy herbs		T10
Mizuna		5
Pyridate
OMIT:
SO     0698	Poppy seed		T0.05
Saflufenacil
OMIT:
FB    0269	Grapes		*0.03
FS    0012	Stone fruits		*0.03
Sethoxydim
OMIT:
HS     0794	Turmeric, root		1
Spinetoram
OMIT:
Chia		T0.05
Spinosad
OMIT:
VL    0479	Japanese greens		5
VA     0387	Onion, Welsh		0.3
VL    0496	Rucola [rocket]		5
VA     0388	Shallot		0.3
VA     0389	Spring onion		0.3
Spirotetramat
OMIT:
Chia		T1
FI     0341	Kiwifruit		T0.1
Spiroxamine
OMIT:
FI     0327	Banana		T5
Triadimefon
OMIT:
FP    0226	Apple		1
Triadimenol
OMIT:
SO     0691	Cotton seed		T0.01
OC     0691	Cotton seed oil, crude		T0.05
Lemon grass		T*0.05
Trichlorfon
OMIT:
SO     0697	Peanut		0.1
Trifloxystrobin
OMIT:
VD     0524	Chick-pea (dry)		T*0.02
VD     0533	Lentil (dry)		T*0.02
TN     0669	Macadamia nuts		T*0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
FB      2005	Cane berries		3
VP     0526	Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)	0.4
Trifluralin
OMIT:
Chia		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)
Flupyradifurone
All other foods	0.2
FI      0326	Avocado	0.7
VP     0526	Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)	2
MO    0105	Edible offal (mammalian)	0.5
PE     0112	Eggs	*0.01
VC    0045	Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits	0.5
VO    0050	Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits	1
FI      0345	Mango	0.7
MM     0095	Meat (mammalian)	0.1
ML    0106	Milks	0.07
FI      0350	Papaya [pawpaw]	0.5
VR     0589	Potato	0.07
PM    0110	Poultry meat	*0.01
PO    0111	Poultry, edible offal of	*0.01
VR     0508	Sweet potato	0.07
Mefentrifluconazole
TN       0085	Tree nuts	0.2

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

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Pebulate
VO 0448	Tomato	*0.1
2-Phenylphenol
FC 0001	Citrus fruits	10

2  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)
Flupyradifurone
AL       0061	Bean fodder	20
AL       1030	Bean forage (green)	20
Primary feed commodities, except Bean fodder and Bean forage (green)	0.3
Tomato pomace, dry	5

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)
Fluopyram
OMIT:
Primary feed commodities	5
SUBSTITUTE:
Bean forage and fodder	15
Primary feed commodities {except Bean forage and fodder}	5
Pyrimethanil
OMIT:
Pome fruit pomace, dry	50
SUBSTITUTE:
Pome fruit pomace, dry	100
Trifloxystrobin
OMIT:
AL       0157	Legume animal feeds	*0.02
SUBSTITUTE:
Bean forage and fodder	20
AL       0157	Legume animal feeds {except Bean forage and fodder}	*0.02

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

COMPOUND	ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY	MRL (mg/kg)
Chlorantraniliprole
Mixed pastures (leguminous/grasses)	T10
Mefentrifluconazole
Almond hulls	7

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

COMPOUND	ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY	MRL (mg/kg)
Paclobutrazol
AF     0081	Forage of cereal grains (green)	T*0.01

3  Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary

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

SUBSTANCE	USE
Cobalt	For use as a nutritional supplement for livestock
Polyoxin D zinc salt	Use as a fungicide
Selenium	For use as a nutritional supplement for livestock