Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 8) 2020 (Cth)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 8) 2020

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

Dated                                       13 October 2020

Jason Lutze

Delegate

1  Name

This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 8) 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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)
2,4-D
OMIT:
MO      0105	Edible offal (Mammalian)	2
VD      0545	Lupin (dry)	*0.05
MM     0095	Meat [mammalian]	0.2
ML      0106	Milks	*0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
MO      0105	Edible offal (Mammalian)	7
MM     0095	Meat [mammalian][in the fat]	0.7
ML      0106	Milks	0.1
Forchlorfenuron
OMIT:
FB       0020	Blueberries	T*0.01
FI         0341	Kiwifruit	T*0.01
FI         0345	Mango	T*0.01
FS       0014	Plums (including prunes)	T*0.01
DF       0014	Prunes	T*0.01
Imidacloprid
OMIT:
VB       0054	Brassica leafy vegetables	15
Procymidone
OMIT:
VD      0560	Adzuki beans (dry)	T0.2
Bergamot	T3
VP       0522	Broad Beans (green pods and immature seeds)	T10
VL       0465	Chervil	T2
VD      0524	Chick-pea (dry)	T0.5
VP       0526	Common Bean (pods and/or immature seeds)	T3
Coriander (leaves, stems and roots)	T3
HS      0779	Coriander, seed	T3
HS      0730	Dill seed	T3
VA       0380	Fennel, bulb	T1
HS      0731	Fennel, seed	T3
VR       0581	Galangal, greater	T0.5
HH      0092	Herbs	T3
Kaffir lime leaves	T3
Lemon grass	T3
DT       1111	Lemon verbena (fresh weight)	T3
Mizuna	T2
Podded pea (young pods) [snow and sugar snap]	T5
FP       0009	Pome fruits	T1
VR       0075	Root and tuber vegetables {except Potato}	T1
Rose and dianthus (edible flowers)	T3
VL       0496	Rucola [rocket]	T2
HH      4731	Salad burnett	T3
HS      0794	Turmeric, root	T0.5
Pyraclostrobin
OMIT:
TN       0678	Walnuts	T1
SUBSTITUTE:
TN       0678	Walnuts	T0.01

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

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Acetamiprid
VD      0070	Pulses {except Field pea (dry); Lupin (dry)}	0.1
Carbaryl
SB       0715	Cacao beans	0.02
TN       0666	Hazelnuts	0.01
Uniconazole-P
VR       0577	Carrot	T*0.01

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)
2,4-D
Forage and fodder of cereal grains	400
Primary feed commodities {except Forage and fodder of cereal grains}	1500

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)
Procymidone
OMIT:
AL       0524	Chick-pea fodder	T5
Chick-pea forage	T5

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

COMPOUND	ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY	MRL (mg/kg)
Acetamiprid
Pulse forage and fodder	2