Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Schedule 20 – Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 9, 2016 (Cth)

Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code —
Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 9, 2016

I, Angela O’Sullivan, Acting Executive Director, Registration Management and Evaluation and 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.

Angela O’Sullivan
Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Dated this Twenty Seventh day of September 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 9, 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 20 of 4 October 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]        omitting from each of the following chemicals, the foods and associated MRLs

Agvet chemical:  Carbendazim
Permitted residue:  Sum of carbendazim and 2-aminobenzimidazole, expressed as carbendazim
Onion, bulb	T*0.2

Agvet chemical:  Clothianidin
Permitted residue:  Clothianidin
Cherries	T5
Stone fruits [except cherries]	T3

Agvet chemical:  Pirimicarb
Permitted residue:  Sum of pirimicarb, demethyl-pirimicarb and the N-formyl-(methylamino) analogue (demethylformamido-pirimicarb), expressed as pirimicarb
Adzuki bean (dry)	T0.5
Mung bean (dry)	T0.5
Pulses [except adzuki bean (dry), mung bean (dry); soya bean (dry)]	T*0.01
Soya bean (dry)	T0.5
Vegetables [except adzuki bean (dry); celeriac; celery; leafy vegetables; lupin (dry); mung bean (dry); onion, Welsh; shallot; soya bean (dry); spring onion; sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)]	1

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

Agvet chemical:  Clothianidin
Permitted residue:  Clothianidin
Citrus fruits	T0.2
Stone fruits	3

Agvet chemical:  Linuron
Permitted residue:  Sum of linuron plus 3,4-dichloroaniline, expressed as linuron
Chia	T*0.05

Agvet chemical:  Pirimicarb
Permitted residue:  Sum of pirimicarb, demethyl-pirimicarb and the N-formyl-(methylamino) analogue (demethylformamido-pirimicarb), expressed as pirimicarb
Pulses	T*0.02
Vegetables [except celeriac; celery; leafy vegetables; onion, Welsh; shallot; spring onion; sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)]	1

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

Agvet chemical:  Bromoxynil
Permitted residue:  Bromoxynil
Garlic	T*0.05

Agvet chemical:  Carbendazim
Permitted residue:  Sum of carbendazim and 2-aminobenzimidazole, expressed as carbendazim
Garlic	T*0.01

Agvet chemical:  Clothianidin
Permitted residue:  Clothianidin
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits	0.5
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits [except mushrooms; sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)]	0.7
Persimmon, American	2
Persimmon, Japanese	2
Pome fruits	2

Agvet chemical:  Ethephon
Permitted residue:  Ethephon
Olives	T20

Agvet chemical:  Iprodione
Permitted residue:  Iprodione
Garlic	T0.3

Agvet chemical:  Methabenzthiazuron
Permitted residue:  Methabenzthiazuron
Garlic	T*0.01