Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Schedule 20 – Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 6, 2020 (Cth)

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Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code

Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 6, 2020

I, Jason Lutze, delegate 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.

Jason Lutze

Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Dated this Third day of August 2020

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 6, 2020 (Amendment Instrument).

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.

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:  Aclonifen
Permitted residue:  Aclonifen
Barley T*0.01
Edible offal (mammalian) T*0.01
Eggs T*0.01
Meat (mammalian) T*0.01
Milks T*0.01
Poultry meat T*0.01
Poultry, edible offal of T*0.01
Triticale T*0.01
Wheat T*0.01
Agvet chemical:  Metcamifen

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: metcamifen

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of metcamifen and 4-(3-methyl-ureido)-benzensulfonamide, expressed as metcamifen

Edible offal (mammalian) *0.03
Eggs *0.03
Meat (mammalian) *0.03
Milks *0.03
Poultry, edible offal of *0.03
Poultry meat *0.03
Sorghum *0.01

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

Agvet chemical:  Azoxystrobin
Permitted residue:  Azoxystrobin
Rye 0.1
Triticale 0.1
Agvet chemical:  Chlorantraniliprole

Permitted residue—plant commodities and animal commodities other than milk:  Chlorantraniliprole

Permitted residue—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

Maize cereals T*0.01
Sugar cane T0.5
Agvet chemical:  Cyproconazole
Permitted residue:  Cyproconazole, sum of isomers
Oats 0.05
Rye *0.02
Triticale *0.02
Agvet chemical:  Emamectin
Permitted residue:  Sum of emamectin B1a and emamectin B1b
Maize cereals T*0.01
Wheat, similar grains, and pseudocereals without husks T*0.01
Agvet chemical:  Etoxazole
Permitted residue:  Etoxazole
Cane berries T0.5
Agvet chemical:  Flonicamid
Permitted residue:  Flonicamid [N -(cyanomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinecarboxamide] and its metabolites TFNA [4-trifluoromethylnicotinic acid], TFNA-AM [4-trifluoromethylnicotinamide] TFNG [N -(4-trifluoromethylnicotinoyl)glycine]
Blackberries T2
Bulb vegetables T0.2
Raspberries, red, black T2
Agvet chemical:  Fludioxonil

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of fludioxonil and oxidisable metabolites, expressed as fludioxonil

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Fludioxonil

Eggs T*0.01
Poultry meat T*0.01
Poultry, edible offal of T*0.01
Pulses T0.1
Agvet chemical:  Indoxacarb
Permitted residue:  Sum of indoxacarb and its R-isomer
Maize cereals T*0.01
Peppers 0.5
Agvet chemical:  Linuron
Permitted residue:  Sum of linuron plus 3,4-dichloroaniline, expressed as linuron
Coriander (leaves, roots, stems) T1
Agvet chemical:  Napropamide
Permitted residue:  Napropamide
All other foods except animal food commodities 0.02
Agvet chemical:  Novaluron
Permitted residue:  Novaluron
Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbages, flowerhead brassicas 0.3
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits 0.2
Leafy vegetables 5
Agvet chemical:  Permethrin
Permitted residue:  Permethrin, sum of isomers
Poppy seed T0.2
Agvet chemical:  Prothioconazole

Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Sum of prothioconazole and prothioconazole desthio (2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol), expressed as prothioconazole

Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of prothioconazole, prothioconazole desthio (2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol), prothioconazole-3-hydroxy-desthio (2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-1-(2-chloro-3-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol) and prothioconazole-4-hydroxy-desthio (2-(1-chlorocyclopropyl)-1-(2-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol), expressed as prothioconazole

Watermelon T0.2
Agvet chemical:  Pyridate
Permitted residue:  sum of pyridate and metabolites containing 6 chloro-4-hydroxyl-3-phenyl pyridazine, expressed as pyridate
Chick-pea (dry) *0.05

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

Agvet chemical:  Indoxacarb
Permitted residue:  Sum of indoxacarb and its R-isomer
Peppers, sweet [capsicum] 0.5

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

Agvet chemical:  Etoxazole
Permitted residue:  Etoxazole
Avocado T0.05
Agvet chemical:  Fludioxonil
Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin:  Sum of fludioxonil and oxidisable metabolites, expressed as fludioxonil
Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin:  Fludioxonil
Rape seed (canola) T0.2
Agvet chemical:  Glufosinate and Glufosinate-ammonium
Permitted residue:  Sum of glufosinate-ammonium, N-acetyl glufosinate and 3-[hydroxy(methyl)-phosphinoyl] propionic acid, expressed as glufosinate (free acid)
Rape seed (canola) 0.5
Agvet chemical:  Glyphosate
Permitted residue:  Sum of glyphosate, N-acetyl-glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) metabolite, expressed as glyphosate
Barley 20
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