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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2025

I, Sheila Logan, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.

Dated    12 February 2025

Sheila Logan

Delegate

 

  This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2025.

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered

 

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

  This instrument is made under section 7A of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992.

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

 

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Instrument 2023

1  Schedule 1, Table 1—MRLs in food commodities

 

Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated foods and MRLs:

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Malathion

 

 

VD 0071

Beans (dry)

8

FB 0018

Berries and other small fruits {except Grapes; Strawberry}

10

VB 0040

Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbages, flowerhead brassicas {except Cauliflower; Kohlrabi}

2

VL 0054

Brassica leafy vegetables {except Kale}

2

VR 0577

Carrot

0.5

VB 0404

Cauliflower

0.5

VS 0624

Celery

2

GC 0080

Cereal grains

8

FC 0001

Citrus fruits

4

VC 0424

Cucumber

3

DF 0167

Dried fruits

8

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

1

PE 0112

Eggs

1

VC 0045

Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits {except Cucumber}

2

VO 0050

Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits {except Peppers, sweet [capsicum]}

3

 

Fruits {except Berries and other small fruits; Citrus fruits; Dried fruits; Stone fruits}

2

VP 0528

Garden pea (young pods)

0.5

FB 0269

Grapes

8

VL 0480

Kale

3

VB 0405

Kohlrabi

0.5

VA 0384

Leek

2

VP 0060

Legume vegetables {except Garden pea}

2

VD 0533

Lentil (dry)

8

VL 0482

Lettuce, head

2

VL 0483

Lettuce, leaf

2

SO 0693

Linseed

10

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]

1

ML 0106

Milks [in the fat]

1

SO 0090

Mustard seeds

T10

VA 0385

Onion, bulb

2

VA 0387

Onion, Welsh

T0.1

VO 0445

Peppers, sweet [capsicum]

T5

PM 0110

Poultry meat [in the fat]

1

PO 0111

Poultry, edible offal of

1

VD 0070

Pulses {except Beans (dry); Lentils (dry)}

2

SO 0495

Rape seed [canola]

10

SO 0699

Safflower seed

10

VA 0388

Shallot

T0.1

VA 0389

Spring onion

T0.1

FS 0012

Stone fruits

5

FB 0275

Strawberry

1

SO 0702

Sunflower seed

10

TN 0085

Tree nuts

8

CM 0654

Wheat bran, unprocessed

20

 

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)

Aclonifen

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

GC 0653

Triticale

T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

GC 0653

Triticale

*0.01

 

 

 

Pyroxasulfone

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

GC 0080

Cereal grains

*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

GC 0080

Cereal grains

*0.02

 

 

 

Spinetoram

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

SB 0715

Cacao beans

*0.01

HS 0784

Ginger, root

T0.02

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

SB 0715

Cacao bean

0.05

HS 0784

Ginger, rhizome

0.02

 

For each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below:

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Cyflumetofen

 

 

DH 1100

Hops, dry

T10

 

 

 

Dithiocarbamates (mancozeb, metham, metiram, thiram, zineb and ziram)

 

 

VR 0497

Swede

T1

VR 0506

Turnip, garden

T1

 

 

 

Fluvalinate

 

 

TN 0669

Macadamia nut

*0.01

Fluxapyroxad

 

 

SO 0691

Cotton seed

T0.3

 

 

 

Fomesafen

 

 

VO 0448

Tomato

T*0.025

 

 

 

Hexythiazox

 

 

DH 1100

Hops, dry

T2

 

 

 

Imazamox

 

 

GC 2091

Maize cereals

T*0.02

 

 

 

Norflurazon

 

 

DH 1100

Hops, dry

T3

 

 

 

Pyraclostrobin

 

 

SO 0691

Cotton seed

T0.1

 

Omit each of the following compounds and associated foods and MRLs:

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Maldison

 

 

VD 0071

Beans (dry)

8

FB 0018

Berries and other small fruits {except Grapes; Strawberry}

10

VB 0040

Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbages, flowerhead brassicas {except Cauliflower; Kohlrabi}

2

VL 0054

Brassica leafy vegetables {except Kale}

2

VR 0577

Carrot

0.5

VB 0404

Cauliflower

0.5

VS 0624

Celery

2

GC 0080

Cereal grains

8

FC 0001

Citrus fruits

4

VC 0424

Cucumber

3

DF 0167

Dried fruits

8

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

1

PE 0112

Eggs

1

VC 0045

Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits {except Cucumber}

2

VO 0050

Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits {except Peppers, sweet [capsicum]}

3

 

Fruits {except Berries and other small fruits; Citrus fruits; Dried fruits; Stone fruits}

2

VP 0528

Garden pea (young pods)

0.5

FB 0269

Grapes

8

VL 0480

Kale

3

VB 0405

Kohlrabi

0.5

VA 0384

Leek

2

VP 0060

Legume vegetables {except Garden pea}

2

VD 0533

Lentil (dry)

8

VL 0482

Lettuce, head

2

VL 0483

Lettuce, leaf

2

SO 0693

Linseed

10

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian) [in the fat]

1

ML 0106

Milks [in the fat]

1

SO 0090

Mustard seeds

T10

VA 0385

Onion, bulb

2

VA 0387

Onion, Welsh

T0.1

VO 0445

Peppers, sweet [capsicum]

T5

PM 0110

Poultry meat [in the fat]

1

PO 0111

Poultry, edible offal of

1

VD 0070

Pulses {except Beans (dry); Lentils (dry)}

2

SO 0495

Rape seed [canola]

10

SO 0699

Safflower seed

10

VA 0388

Shallot

T0.1

VA 0389

Spring onion

T0.1

FS 0012

Stone fruits

5

FB 0275

Strawberry

1

SO 0702

Sunflower seed

10

TN 0085

Tree nuts

8

CM 0654

Wheat bran, unprocessed

20

 

3  Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions

 

Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues:

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Malathion

Malathion

Maldison see Malathion

 

 

Omit each of the following compounds and associated residues

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Malathion see Maldison

 

Maldison

Maldison

 

4  Schedule 1, Table 4—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)

Malathion

 

 

AB 0226

Apple pomace, dry

20

 

Tomato pomace, dry

10

AB 0001

Citrus pulp, dry

40

AB 0269

Grape pomace, dry

90

 

Primary feed commodities

800

 


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)

Diflufenican

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains {except Wheat straw and fodder, dry}

0.2

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains {except Triticale straw and fodder, dry; Wheat straw and fodder, dry}

0.2

 

Triticale straw and fodder, dry

0.5

 

 

 

Imazapyr

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

AF 0645

Maize forage (fresh weight)

*0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

AF 0645

Maize forage

T0.2

 

 

 

Pyroxasulfone

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities {except Wheat forage}

0.7

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities {except Wheat forage; Triticale forage}

0.7

 

Triticale forage

1

 

For the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below:

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Aclonifen

 

 

 

Triticale forage

5

Imazamox

 

 

AF 0645

Maize forage

T0.2

 

Maize straw and fodder, dry

T*0.05

 

Omit each of the following compounds and associated animal feed commodities and MRLs:

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Maldison

 

 

AB 0226

Apple pomace, dry

20

 

Tomato pomace, dry

10