Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 9) 2020 (Cth)

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 9) 2020

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

Dated                                       10 November 2020

Jason Lutze

Delegate

1  Name

This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument (No. 9) 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated foods and MRLs:

COMPOUND		FOOD			MRL (mg/kg)
Acequinocyl
DF       0240		Apricots, dried	1
MO      0105		Edible offal (mammalian)	*0.02
MM     0095		Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]	*0.02
ML      0106		Milks	*0.02
DF       0247		Peach, dried	1
FP       0009		Pome fruits	0.7
DF       0014		Prunes	1
FS       0012		Stone fruits	0.7
Tiafenacil
GC      0080		Cereal grains	*0.01
SO      0691		Cotton seed	*0.01
MO      0105		Edible offal (mammalian)	*0.02
PE       0112		Eggs	*0.02
MM     0095		Meat (mammalian)	*0.02
ML      0106		Milks	*0.02
PM      0110		Poultry meat	*0.02
PO      0111		Poultry, edible offal of	*0.02
VD      0070		Pulses	*0.01
SO      0495		Rape seed [canola]	*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)
Captan
OMIT:
VL       0483	Lettuce, leaf	T7
SUBSTITUTE:
VL       0483	Lettuce, leaf	T15
Diquat
OMIT:
Anise myrtle leaves	T0.5
Lemon myrtle leaves	T0.5
Native pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata) leaves	T0.5
DT       1114	Tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried)	T0.5
Fipronil
OMIT:
FI         0030	Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - inedible peel {except Avocado; Banana}	T*0.01
FI         0353	Pineapple	T*0.01
SO      0698	Poppy seed	*0.01
SUBSTITUTE:
FI         0030	Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - inedible peel {except Banana; Custard apple}	T*0.01
Fludioxonil
OMIT:
FB       2250	Bayberries	T2
FB       0264	Blackberries	T2
FB       0020	Blueberries	T3
FB       0277	Cloudberry	T2
FB       0266	Dewberries (including boysenberry and loganberry)	T2
VL       0053	Leafy vegetables	10
VR       0589	Potato	0.02
FB       0272	Raspberries, red, black	T2
FB       0275	Strawberry	5
SUBSTITUTE:
FB       0018	Berries and other small fruits {except grapes}	5
DF       0269	Dried grapes (=currants, raisins and sultanas)	5
VL       0053	Leafy vegetables	15
VR       0589	Potato	0.03
Paraquat
OMIT:
Anise myrtle leaves	T0.5
VR       0463	Cassava	T*0.05
Lemon myrtle leaves	T0.5
Native pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata) leaves	T0.5
DT       1114	Tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried)	T0.5
Vegetables {except Cassava; Potato; Pulses}	*0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
Vegetables {except Potato; Pulses}	*0.05
Pydiflumetofen
OMIT:
All other foods	T0.05
VL       0054	Brassica leafy vegetables	T10
DF       0269	Dried grapes (=currants, raisins and sultanas)	T5
FB       0269	Grapes	T2
SUBSTITUTE:
All other foods	0.05
FB       0018	Berries and other small fruits {except grapes and strawberries}	3
VL       0054	Brassica leafy vegetables	15
DF       0269	Dried grapes (=currants, raisins and sultanas)	5
FB       0269	Grapes	2
FB       0275	Strawberry	2

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

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Azoxystrobin
FB       2250	Bayberries	T5
FT       2303	Bayberry, red	T5
Forchlorfenuron
FP       0226	Apple	*0.01
FS       0013	Cherries	*0.01
Propachlor
VA       0381	Garlic	2.5
Ractopamine
Turkey kidney	0.3
Turkey liver	0.3
PM      0848	Turkey muscle	0.02
PF       0848	Turkey fat/skin	0.05

3  Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions

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

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Acequinocyl

Sum of acequinocyl and its metabolite 2-dodecyl-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, expressed as acequinocyl

Tiafenacil

Commodities of plant origin for enforcement: Tiafenacil

Commodities of plant origin for dietary exposure assessment: sum of tiafenacil, 2-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)phenylsulfinyl)propanoic acid (M-36), 2-((2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)tetrahydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)phenyl)sulfinyl)propanoic acid (M-53) and 2-((2-chloro-5-(2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)-4-fluorophenyl)sulfinyl)propanoic acid (M-56), expressed as tiafenacil

Commodities of animal origin: Sum of tiafenacil and 3-(2-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl) phenylthio)propanamido)propanoic acid (M-01), expressed as tiafenacil

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)
Acequinocyl
AB       0226	Apple pomace, dry	5
Tiafenacil
Cereal forage and fodder	*0.01
Cotton gin trash	*0.01
Pulse forage and fodder	*0.01
Rape seed [canola] forage and fodder	*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)
Fipronil
OMIT:
AL       0697	Peanut forage and fodder	0.01
Pydiflumetofen
OMIT:
AB       0269	Grape pomace, dry	T50
Primary feed commodities {except Rape seed [canola] forage; Rape seed [canola] straw and fodder, dry}	T0.2
SUBSTITUTE:
AB       0269	Grape pomace, dry	50
Primary feed commodities {except Rape seed [canola] forage; Rape seed [canola] straw and fodder, dry}	0.2

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

COMPOUND	ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY	MRL (mg/kg)
Fludioxonil
AB       0269	Grape pomace, dry	50

5  Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary

For the following substances, insert in alphabetical order the associated uses listed below:

SUBSTANCE	USE
Eugenol	As a post harvest treatment of potatoes to prevent sprouting