Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals
Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard)
Amendment Instrument 2015 (No.9)1
I, Rajumati Bhula, Executive Director, Scientific Assessment and Chemical Review
and delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and
Veterinary Medicines Authority, having regard to s 7A of the Agricultural and
Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992, make this instrument for the
purposes of subsection 6(1) and the reference in subparagraph 5A(3)(b)(iii) of the
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code which is a Schedule to the Agricultural
and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994.
Rajumati Bhula
Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary
Medicines Authority
Dated this Twenty fifth day of September 2015
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Name of Instrument
This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code
Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 9).
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Commencement
This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
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Amendment of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code
Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) 2012
Schedule 1 to this Instrument amends the Agricultural and Veterinary
Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) 2012.
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Schedule 1
Amendments
(section 3)
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Schedule, Table 1 - MRLs of agricultural and veterinary
chemicals and associated substances in food commodities
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated
foods and MRLs
COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)
Cyazofamid
VB
0400
Broccoli
2
MO
0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
*0.01
PE
0112
Eggs
*0.01
MM
0095
Meat [mammalian]
*0.01
ML
0106
Milks
*0.01
VR
0589
Potato
*0.01
PO
0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
*0.01
PM
0110
Poultry meat
*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)
Dichlorvos
OMIT:
SB
0715
Cacao beans [cocoa beans]
5
SB
0716
Coffee beans
2
MO
0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
0.05
PE
0112
Eggs
0.05
Fruits
0.1
VD
0533
Lentil (dry)
2
VL
0482
Lettuce, Head
1
VL
0483
Lettuce, Leaf
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COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)
MM
0095
Meat [mammalian]
0.05
ML
0106
Milks
0.02
VO
0450
Mushrooms
0.5
SO
0697
Peanut
2
PO
0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
0.05
PM
0110
Poultry meat
0.05
SO
0495
Rape seed
VD
0541
Soya bean (dry)
2
VO
0448
Tomato
0.5
TN
0085
Tree nuts
2
Vegetables [except lentil (dry); lettuce, head;
0.5
T0.1
lettuce, leaf; soya bean (dry)]
SUBSTITUTE:
MO
0105
Edible offal (Mammalian)
*0.01
PE
0112
Eggs
*0.01
MM
0095
Meat [mammalian]
*0.01
ML
0106
Milks
*0.01
SO
0088
Oilseeds
*0.01
PO
0111
Poultry, Edible offal of
*0.01
PM
0110
Poultry meat
*0.01
VP
0070
Pulses
*0.01
for each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the
associated foods and MRLs listed below
COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)
Abamectin
TN
0669
Macadamia nuts
T*0.01
0275
Strawberry
T*0.01
Bupirimate
FB
Chlorothalonil
TN
0675
Pistachio nut
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COMPOUND
FOOD
MRL (mg/kg)
Flumioxazin
GS
0659
Sugarcane
*0.01
Table-grapes
10
Almonds
*0.01
Sulphur dioxide
FB
1235
Tebuconazole
TN
0660
Schedule, Table 3 – Residue definitions
[2]
insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated
residues
COMPOUND
RESDIUE
Cyazofamid
For compliance in plant and animal commodities: cyazofamid
For dietary risk assessment in plant and animal commodities: the sum
of cyazofamid and 4-chloro-5-(4-methyphenyl)-1H-imidazole-2carbonitrile, expressed as cyazofamid
[3]
Schedule, Table 4 - MRLs for pesticides in 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)
Phenmedipham
AM
1051
Fodder beet
T0.2
AV
1051
Fodder beet leaves or tops
T2
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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)
Flumioxazin
OMIT:
Primary feed commodities [except forage of
10
cereal grains [fresh weight]; forage of oil seeds
[fresh weight]; forage and fodder of pulses; oil
seed straw and fodder; straw and fodder (dry)
of cereal grains]
SUBSTITUTE:
Primary feed commodities [except forage of
10
cereal grains [fresh weight]; forage of oil seeds
[fresh weight]; forage and fodder of pulses; oil
seed straw and fodder; straw and fodder (dry)
of cereal grains; sugar cane fodder; and sugar
cane forage]
AM
0659
Sugar cane fodder
*0.01
AV
0659
Sugar cane forage
*0.01
for the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated
animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below
COMPOUND
ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY
MRL (mg/kg)
Tebuconazole
Almond hulls
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[4]
Schedule, Table 5 - Uses of substances where MRLs are not
necessary
for each of the following substances, omit the associated uses listed under
'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated uses listed under
'substitute' (if any)
SUBSTANCE
USE
OMIT:
Thymol

{T} Treatment of mites on bees

Treatment and control of Varroa mites on bees
SUBSTITUTE:
Thymol
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