Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 2, 2023 (Cth)
Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code —
Schedule 20 — Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 2, 2023
I, Sheila Logan, 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.
Sheila Logan
Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Dated this Thirteenth day of April 2023
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, 2023 (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
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: Acetamiprid | |
| Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Acetamiprid Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of acetamiprid and N-demethyl acetamiprid ((E)-N1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-N2-cyanoacetamidine), expressed as acetamiprid | |
| Cherries | 2 |
| Citrus fruits [except kumquats] | 1 |
| Plums (including prunes) | 0.5 |
| Stone fruits [except cherries; jujube, Chinese; plums] | 1 |
| Agvet chemical: Bifenthrin | |
| Permitted residue: Bifenthrin | |
| Citrus fruits [except kumquats] | *0.05 |
| Field pea (dry) | T*0.01 |
| Lupin (dry) | T*0.02 |
| Pulses [except field pea (dry); lupin (dry)] | *0.02 |
| Agvet chemical: Fluopyram | |
| Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Fluopyram Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of fluopyram and 2-(trifluoromethyl)-benzamide, expressed as fluopyram | |
| Citrus fruits [except kumquats] | 1 |
| Stone fruits [except cherries; jujube, Chinese] | 2 |
| Tomato | 0.9 |
| Agvet chemical: Methoxyfenozide | |
| Permitted residue: Methoxyfenozide | |
| Citrus fruits [except kumquats] | 3 |
| Agvet chemical: Procymidone | |
| Permitted residue: Procymidone | |
| Stone fruits [except jujube, Chinese] | T10 |
| Agvet chemical: Spinetoram | |
| Permitted residue: Sum of Ethyl-spinosyn-J and Ethyl-spinosyn-L | |
| Pome fruits [except Persimmon, Japanese] | 0.1 |
| Agvet chemical: Sulfoxaflor | |
| Permitted residue: Sulfoxaflor | |
| Avocado | 0.3 |
| Citrus fruits [except kumquats] | 0.7 |
| Cherimoya | T0.5 |
| Cereal grains [except rice; rice husked; rice, polished, sorghum] | *0.01 |
| Custard apple | T0.5 |
| Ilama | T0.5 |
| Litchi | T3 |
| Longans | T3 |
| Mango | T0.7 |
| Papaya | T0.7 |
| Passionfruit | T1 |
| Persimmon, Japanese | T1 |
| Pome fruits [except Persimmon, Japanese] | 0.5 |
| Soursop | T0.5 |
| Stone fruits [except cherries; jujube, Chinese] | 1 |
| Sugar apple | T0.5 |
| Agvet chemical: Trifloxystrobin | |
| Permitted residue: Sum of trifloxystrobin and its acid metabolite ((E,E)-methoxyimino-[2-[1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-ethylideneaminooxymethyl] phenyl] acetic acid), expressed as trifloxystrobin equivalents | |
| Stone fruits [except jujube, Chinese] | 5 |
[1.2] inserting for each of the following chemicals the foods and associated MRLs in alphabetical order
| Agvet chemical: Acetamiprid | |
| Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Acetamiprid Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of acetamiprid and N-demethyl acetamiprid (€-N1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-N2-cyanoacetamidine), expressed as acetamiprid | |
| Cherries (subgroup) | 2 |
| Citrus fruits | 1 |
| Peaches (subgroup) | 1 |
| Plums (subgroup) | 0.5 |
| Agvet chemical: Bifenthrin | |
| Permitted residue: Bifenthrin | |
| Citrus fruits | *0.05 |
| Common bean (dry) (navy bean) | 0.2 |
| Mung bean (dry) | T0.2 |
| Pulses [except common bean (dry) (navy bean); mung bean (dry)] | *0.02 |
| Agvet chemical: Cyfluthrin | |
| Permitted residue: Cyfluthrin, sum of isomers | |
| Pomegranate | T0.1 |
| Agvet chemical: Dithiocarbamates | |
| Permitted residue: Total dithiocarbamates, determined as carbon disulphide evolved during acid digestion and expressed as milligrams of carbon disulphide per kilogram of food | |
| Pomegranate | T5 |
| Agvet chemical: Flazasulfuron | |
| Permitted residue: Flazasulfuron | |
| Citrus fruits | *0.01 |
| Edible offal (mammalian) | *0.01 |
| Eggs | *0.01 |
| Grapes | *0.01 |
| Meat (mammalian) | *0.01 |
| Milks | *0.01 |
| Olives for oil production | *0.01 |
| Poultry meat | *0.01 |
| Poultry, edible offal of | *0.01 |
| Table olives | *0.01 |
| Agvet chemical: Fluopyram | |
| Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Fluopyram Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of fluopyram and 2-(trifluoromethyl)-benzamide, expressed as fluopyram | |
| Citrus fruits | 1 |
| Stone fruits [except cherries] | 2 |
| Persimmon, Japanese | 1.5 |
| Root and tuber vegetables | T0.2 |
| Tomatoes (subgroup) | T1.5 |
| Agvet chemical: Methoxyfenozide | |
| Permitted residue: Methoxyfenozide | |
| Chick-pea (dry) | 2 |
| Citrus fruits | 3 |
| Eggs | *0.01 |
| Maize | *0.02 |
| Mung bean (dry) | 0.5 |
| Poultry, edible offal of | *0.01 |
| Poultry meat (in the fat) | *0.01 |
| Soya bean (dry) | 0.9 |
| Agvet chemical: Procymidone | |
| Permitted residue: Procymidone | |
| Cherries | 7 |
| Stone fruits [except cherries] | 2 |
| Agvet chemical: Spinetoram | |
| Permitted residue: Sum of Ethyl-spinosyn-J and Ethyl-spinosyn-L | |
| Pome fruits | 0.1 |
| Agvet chemical: Sulfoxaflor | |
| Permitted residue: Sulfoxaflor | |
| Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits – inedible peel [except banana and pineapple] | 0.5 |
| Barley, similar grains, and pseudocereals with husks [except oats] | 0.2 |
| Carob | 5 |
| Citrus fruits | 0.7 |
| Herbs | 20 |
| Mustard seeds | T0.15 |
| Oats | *0.01 |
| Pome fruits | 0.5 |
| Sorghum grain and millet | 0.15 |
| Stone fruits [except cherries] | 1 |
| Wheat, similar grains, and pseudocereals without husks | 0.05 |
| Agvet chemical: Trifloxystrobin | |
| Permitted residue: Sum of trifloxystrobin and its acid metabolite ((E,E)-methoxyimino-[2-[1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-ethylideneaminooxymethyl] phenyl] acetic acid), expressed as trifloxystrobin equivalents | |
| Persimmon, Japanese | 1.5 |
| Stone fruits | 5 |
[1.3] omitting for each of the following chemicals, the maximum residue limit for the food and substituting
| Agvet chemical: Acetamiprid | |
| Permitted residue—commodities of plant origin: Acetamiprid | |
| Permitted residue—commodities of animal origin: Sum of acetamiprid and N-demethyl acetamiprid ((E)-N1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-N2-cyanoacetamidine), expressed as acetamiprid | |
| Cotton seed | 0.2 |
| Agvet chemical: Methoxyfenozide | |
| Permitted residue: Methoxyfenozide | |
| Cotton seed | 2 |
| Edible offal (mammalian) | 0.05 |
| Meat (mammalian) (in the fat) | 0.1 |
| Agvet chemical: Procymidone | |
| Permitted residue: Procymidone | |
| Edible offal (mammalian) | 0.05 |
| Eggs | *0.01 |
| Garlic | 5 |
| Lupin (dry) | *0.01 |
| Meat (mammalian) (in the fat) | 0.2 |
| Milks | 0.02 |
| Onion, bulb | 0.2 |
| Potato | 0.2 |
| Poultry meat (in the fat) | *0.01 |
| Poultry, edible offal of | *0.01 |
| Rape seed (canola) | 0.5 |
| Rape seed (canola) oil, crude | 2 |
| Wine grapes | 5 |
| Agvet chemical: Spinetoram | |
| Permitted residue: Sum of Ethyl-spinosyn-J and Ethyl-spinosyn-L | |
| Maize cereals | *0.01 |
| Agvet chemical: Sulfoxaflor | |
| Permitted residue: Sulfoxaflor | |
| Cane berries | 1.5 |
| Edible offal (mammalian) | 2 |
| Meat (mammalian) | 0.7 |
| Pineapple | 0.2 |
| Poultry, edible offal of | 0.02 |
| Rape seed (canola) | 0.15 |
| Strawberry | 0.7 |
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