Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 2, 2016 (Cth)

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Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code

Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 2, 2016

I, Kareena Arthy, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, acting in accordance with my powers under subsection 11(1) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992, make this instrument for the purposes of subsection 82(1) of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.

Kareena Arthy
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Dated this   3rd day of March 2016

Part 1                 Preliminary

1                Name of instrument

This instrument is the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Schedule 20 - Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 2, 2016.

2                Commencement

In accordance with subsection 82(8) of the Food Standards Australia New
Zealand Act 1991
, this instrument commences on the day it is published in the Gazette.

Note:              A copy of the variations made by the Amendment Instrument was published in the Commonwealth of Australia Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Gazette No. APVMA 5 of 8 March 2016.

3                Object

The object of this instrument is for the APVMA to make variations to Schedule 20 - Maximum residue limits in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to include or change maximum residue limits
pertaining to agricultural and veterinary chemical products. 

4                Interpretation

In this instrument: —

APVMA means the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines
Authority established by section 6 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992; and

Principal Instrument means Schedule 20 - Maximum residue limits
in the Australia New Zealand Food Standard Code as defined in Section 4 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 being the Code published in Gazette No. P 27 on 27 August 1987 together with any amendments of the standards in that Code. Schedule 20 was published in the Food Standards Gazette FSC 96 on Thursday 10 April 2015 and was registered as a legislative instrument on 1 April 2015 (F2015L00468).

Part 2                 Variations to Schedule 20—
Maximum Residue Limits

5                Variations to Schedule 20

     The Schedule to this instrument sets out the variations made to the Principal Instrument by this instrument. 

Schedule

Variations to Schedule 20 – Maximum residue limits

  1. The table to section S20—3 in Schedule 20 is varied by

[1.1]        inserting in alphabetical order

Agvet chemical:  Oxathiapiprolin
Permitted residue:  Oxathiapiprolin
Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, Head cabbages, Flowerhead brassicas 2
Bulb vegetables [except onion, bulb] 1
Cardoon 15
Edible offal (mammalian) *0.01
Eggs *0.01
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits 0.2
Leafy vegetables [except lettuce, head] 15
Lettuce, head 2
Meat (mammalian) (in the fat) *0.01
Milks *0.01
Onion, bulb 0.02
Poppy seed *0.01
Poultry, edible offal of *0.01
Poultry meat (in the fat) *0.01

[1.2]        omitting from each of the following chemicals, the foods and associated MRLs

Agvet chemical:  Chlorantraniliprole
Permitted residue:  Plant commodities and animal commodities other than milk:  Chlorantraniliprole
Milk:  Sum of chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[((hydroxymethyl)amino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, expressed as chlorantraniliprole
Tree nuts [except almonds; pistachio nut] 0.02
Agvet chemical:  Glyphosate
Permitted residue:  Sum of glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate
Lemon myrtle T20
Native foods [except lemon myrtle] T2
Agvet chemical:  Propiconazole
Permitted residue:  Propiconazole
Herbs T10

[1.3]        inserting for each of the following chemicals the foods and associated MRLs in alphabetical order

Agvet chemical:  Aminoethoxyvinyl-glycine
Permitted residue:  Aminoethoxyvinylglycine
Cherries *0.05
Agvet chemical:  Chlorantraniliprole
Permitted residue:  Plant commodities and animal commodities other than milk:  Chlorantraniliprole
Milk:  Sum of chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[((hydroxymethyl)amino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, expressed as chlorantraniliprole
Tree nuts [except almonds; pistachio nut; walnuts] 0.02
Walnuts T0.05
Agvet chemical:  Etoxazole
Permitted residue:  Etoxazole
Maize T*0.01
Popcorn T*0.01
Agvet chemical:  Flumioxazin
Permitted residue:  Flumioxazin
Grapes *0.01
Agvet chemical:  Glyphosate
Permitted residue:  Sum of glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate
Native foods T2
Agvet chemical:  Prochloraz
Permitted residue:  Sum of prochloraz and its metabolites containing the 2,4,6-trichlorophenol moiety, expressed as prochloraz
Lettuce, leaf T3
Agvet chemical:  Propiconazole
Permitted residue:  Propiconazole
Herbs [except parsley] T10
Parsley T30
Agvet chemical:  Sethoxydim
Permitted residue:  Sum of sethoxydim and metabolites containing the 5-(2-ethylthiopropyl)cyclohexene-3-one and 5-(2-ethylthiopropyl)-5-hydroxycyclohexene-3-one moieties and their sulfoxides and sulfones, expressed as sethoxydim
Chia T0.7
Agvet chemical:  Spirotetramat
Permitted residue:  Sum of spirotetramat, and cis-3-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-2-one, expressed as spirotetramat
Fig T1
Agvet chemical:  Triclabendazole
Permitted residue:  Sum of triclabendazole and metabolites oxidisable to keto-triclabendazole and expressed as keto-triclabendazole equivalents
Milks 0.01

[1.4]        omitting for each of the following chemicals, the maximum residue limit for the food and substituting

Agvet chemical:  Difenoconazole
Permitted residue:  Difenoconazole
Celeriac T1
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