Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2026
I, Edward Cram, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.
Dated 04 March 2026
Edward Cram
Delegate
This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Amendment Instrument (No. 1) 2026.
(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.
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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) | ||||
Metarylpicoxamid |
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MO 0105 | Edible offal (mammalian) | *0.02 | ||||
PE 0112 | Eggs | *0.02 | ||||
MM 0095 | Meat (mammalian) | *0.02 | ||||
ML 0106 | Milks | *0.02 | ||||
PM 0110 | Poultry meat | *0.02 | ||||
PO 0111 | Poultry, edible offal of | *0.02 | ||||
VD 0541 | Soya bean (dry) | *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) |
Azoxystrobin |
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OMIT: |
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HH 0722 | Basil | T50 |
VL 0053 | Leafy vegetables | 15 |
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VL 0465 | Chervil | T70 |
VA 2605 | Chives | T15 |
VA 2606 | Chives, Chinese | T15 |
HS 3366 | Coriander, root | T0.05 |
HS 0779 | Coriander, seed | T70 |
VS 0380 | Fennel, bulb | T10 |
HS 0731 | Fennel, seed | T70 |
HS 0783 | Galangal, rhizome | T0.05 |
VA 2609 | Garlic chives | T15 |
HH 0092 | Herbs | T70 |
VL 0053 | Leafy vegetables {except Chervil; Mizuna; Rucola} | 15 |
DT 1111 | Lemon verbena (fresh weight) | T70 |
VL 2781 | Mizuna | T70 |
VL 0496 | Rucola | T70 |
HS 0794 | Turmeric, root | T0.05 |
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Cyclaniliprole |
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OMIT: |
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VL 0053 | Leafy vegetables | 3 |
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VC 0045 | Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits | 0.05 |
VL 0053 | Leafy vegetables | 4 |
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OMIT: |
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MO 0105 | Edible offal (mammalian) | *0.02 |
MM 0095 | Meat (mammalian) | *0.02 |
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MO 0105 | Edible offal (mammalian) | 0.1 |
MM 0095 | Meat (mammalian) [in the fat] | 0.05 |
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Spinosad |
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OMIT: |
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FI 0030 | Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits -inedible peel | 0.3 |
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FI 0030 | Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - inedible peel | 0.6 |
For each of the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated foods and MRLs listed below:
COMPOUND | FOOD | MRL (mg/kg) |
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GC 0640 | Barley | T3 |
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Fluopyram |
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DV 0784 | Ginger rhizome, dried | 0.1 |
HS 0784 | Ginger, rhizome | *0.01 |
3 Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions
Insert in alphabetical order the following new compounds and associated residues:
COMPOUND | RESIDUE |
Commodities of plant origin for enforcement and dietary exposure assessment: Metarylpicoxamid Commodities of animal origin for enforcement and dietary exposure assessment: Sum of metarylpicoxamid and (2S,3S)-3-(2-methylphenyl)butan-2-yl N- {[3-hydroxy)-4-methoxypyridin-2-yl}-L-alaninate (X12644507), expressed as metarylpicoxamid |
For each of the following compounds, omit the associated residue listed under 'omit' and substitute in alphabetical order the associated residue listed under 'substitute':
COMPOUND | RESIDUE | ||
OMIT: |
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Tiafenacil | Commodities of plant origin for enforcement: Tiafenacil Commodities of plant origin for dietary exposure assessment: sum of tiafenacil, 2-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4 (trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)phenylsulfinyl)propanoic acid (M-36), 2-((2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)tetrahydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)phenyl)sulfinyl)propanoic acid (M-53) and 2-((2-chloro-5-(2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3- dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)-4-fluorophenyl)sulfinyl)propanoic acid (M-56), expressed as tiafenacil Commodities of animal origin: Sum of tiafenacil and 3-(2-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl) phenylthio)propanamido)propanoic acid (M-01), expressed as tiafenacil | ||
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Tiafenacil | Commodities of plant origin for enforcement: Tiafenacil Commodities of plant origin for dietary exposure assessment: Sum of tiafenacil, 3-(2-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)phenylthio)propanamido)propanoic acid (M-01) and methyl 3-(2-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)-phenylsulfinyl)propanamido)propanoate (M-10), expressed as tiafenacil Commodities of animal origin: Sum of tiafenacil and 3-(2-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl) phenylthio)propanamido)propanoic acid (M-01), expressed as tiafenacil | ||
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) |
Metarylpicoxamid |
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| Soya bean forage and fodder | 0.5 |
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) |
Tiafenacil |
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| Cereal forage and fodder | *0.01 |
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| Cereal forage and fodder {except Wheat forage; Wheat straw and fodder, dry} | *0.01 |
| Primary feed commodities {except Cereal forage and fodder; Mixed pastures (leguminous/grasses); Mustard seed forage and fodder; Pulse forage and fodder; Rape seed [canola] forage and fodder; Wheat forage; Wheat straw and fodder, dry} | 3 |
| Wheat forage | 1.5 |
| Wheat straw and fodder, dry | 0.4 |
For the following compounds, insert in alphabetical order the associated animal feed commodities and MRLs listed below:
COMPOUND | ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY | MRL (mg/kg) |
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Tomato pomace, dry | 1 | |
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Cyprodinil |
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| Barley forage | T6 |
| Barley straw and fodder, dry | T2 |
5 Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary
Insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses:
SUBSTANCE | USE |
Bacillus thuringiensis pore-forming protein mCry51Aa2 | Insecticide expressed in recombinant cotton |
Chromium-DL-methionine | For use as a nutritional supplement for cattle |