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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Amendment Instrument (No. 2) 2026

I, Edward Cram, Delegate of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, make the following instrument.

Dated 10 June 2026

Edward Cram

Delegate

 

  This instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (MRL Standard for Residues of Chemical Products) Amendment Instrument (No. 2) 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.

 

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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)

Folpet

 

 

DF 0269

Dried grapes (= currants, raisins and sultanas)

20

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

*0.01

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.01

FB 0269

Grapes

10

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

*0.01

ML 0106

Milks

*0.01

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.01

PO 0111

Poultry, edible offal of

*0.01

 

 

 

Glufosinate, Glufosinate-ammonium and Glufosinate-P-ammonium

 

 

FI 0030

Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - inedible peel

0.2

FB 0018

Berries and other small fruits

0.1

GC 0080

Cereal grains

*0.1

FC 0001

Citrus fruits

0.1

SB 0716

Coffee beans

0.1

VP 0526

Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)

T*0.05

SO 0691

Cotton seed

3

FT 0295

Date

*0.05

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

5

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.05

DH 1100

Hops, dry

T1

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

0.1

ML 0106

Milks

*0.05

SO 0090

Mustard seeds

T0.5

 

Native foods

*0.05

SO 0088

Oilseeds {except Cotton seed; Mustard seeds; Rape seed [canola]}

T*0.1

FT 0305

Olives

*0.1

VO 0445

Peppers, sweet [capsicum]

*0.05

VP 0538

Podded pea (young pods) [snow and sugar snap]

T*0.05

FP 0009

Pome fruits

*0.1

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.05

PO 0111

Poultry, edible offal of

*0.1

VD 0070

Pulses

*0.1

SO 0495

Rape seed [canola]

0.5

 

Saffron

T*0.05

FS 0012

Stone fruits

*0.05

GS 0659

Sugar cane

*0.2

DT 1114

Tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried)

*0.05

VO 0448

Tomato

*0.05

TN 0085

Tree nuts

0.1

VF 0371

Truffle

T*0.2

 

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)

Clothianidin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

VD 0541

Soya bean (dry)

T0.02

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

VD 0541

Soya bean (dry)

*0.01

Fludioxonil

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

SO 0691

Cotton seed

*0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

SO 0691

Cotton seed

T0.05

 

 

 

Fluxapyroxad

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

All other foods

0.1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

All other foods

0.2

 VL 0510

Cos lettuce

5

VL 0482

Lettuce, head

5

VL 0483

Lettuce, leaf

15

 

 

 

Isocycloseram

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FB 2006

Bush berries

T*0.01

FB 2005

Cane berries

T*0.01

FB 2009

Low growing berries

T*0.01

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FB 2006

Bush berries

T3

FB 2005

Cane berries

T5

FB 2009

Low growing berries

T0.7

 

 

 

Tetraniliprole

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

FI 0326

Avocado

T0.2

FI 0343

Litchi

T0.5

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

FI 0326

Avocado

0.2

FI 0332

Custard apple

0.4

FI 0343

Litchi

1

OC 0305

Olive oil, virgin

0.6

SO 0305

Olives for oil production

0.3

FI 0352

Persimmon, American

0.2

FT 0305

Table olives

0.3

 

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

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Cinmethylin

 

 

SO 0495

Rape seed

*0.01

 

 

 

Mefentrifluconazole

 

 

TN 0675

Pistachio nut

T0.015

 

 

 

Pydiflumetofen

 

 

SO 0691

Cotton seed

T0.2

 

 

 

Pyraclostrobin

 

 

VL 0510

Cos lettuce

7

VL 0482

Lettuce, head

7

VL 0483

Lettuce, leaf

20

 

 

 

Spirotetramat

 

 

FI 0343

Litchi

T15

 

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

COMPOUND

FOOD

MRL (mg/kg)

Glufosinate and Glufosinate ammonium

 

 

FI 0030

Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - inedible peel

0.2

FB 0018

Berries and other small fruits

0.1

GC 0080

Cereal grains

*0.1

FC 0001

Citrus fruits

0.1

SB 0716

Coffee beans

T*0.05

VP 0526

Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds)

T*0.05

SO 0691

Cotton seed

3

FT 0295

Date

*0.05

MO 0105

Edible offal (mammalian)

5

PE 0112

Eggs

*0.05

DH 1100

Hops, dry

T1

MM 0095

Meat (mammalian)

0.1

ML 0106

Milks

*0.05

SO 0090

Mustard seeds

T0.5

 

Native foods

*0.05

SO 0088

Oilseeds {except Cotton seed; Mustard seeds; Rape seed [canola]}

T*0.1

FT 0305

Olives

*0.1

VO 0445

Peppers, sweet [capsicum]

*0.05

VP 0538

Podded pea (young pods) [snow and sugar snap]

T*0.05

FP 0009

Pome fruits

*0.1

PM 0110

Poultry meat

*0.05

PO 0111

Poultry, edible offal of

*0.1

VD 0070

Pulses

*0.1

SO 0495

Rape seed [canola]

0.5

 

Saffron

T*0.05

FS 0012

Stone fruits

*0.05

GS 0659

Sugar cane

*0.2

DT 1114

Tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried)

*0.05

VO 0448

Tomato

*0.05

TN 0085

Tree nuts

0.1

VF 0371

Truffle

T*0.2

3  Schedule 1, Table 3—Residue definitions

 

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

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Folpet

Commodities of plant and animal origin for enforcement: Folpet

Commodities of plant and animal origin for dietary exposure assessment: Sum of folpet and 1,2-benzenedicarboximide (phthalimide), expressed as folpet

Glufosinate, Glufosinate-ammonium and Glufosinate-P-ammonium

Sum of glufosinate isomers, their salts and metabolites 3-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphinoyl]propionic acid (MPP) and N-acetyl-glufosinate (NAG), expressed as glufosinate

 

Omit each of the following compounds and associated residues

COMPOUND

RESIDUE

Glufosinate and Glufosinate ammonium

Sum of glufosinate-ammonium, N-acetyl glufosinate and 3-[hydroxy(methyl)-phosphinoyl] propionic acid, expressed as glufosinate (free acid)

 

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)

Folpet

 

 

AB 0269

Grape pomace, dry

30

 

 

 

Glufosinate, Glufosinate-ammonium and Glufosinate-P-ammonium

 

 

AL 0061

Bean fodder

T*0.05

AL 1030

Bean forage (green)

T*0.05

 

Carinata forage and fodder

T40

 

Carinata meal

T1

 

Cotton meal and hulls

5

AF 0081

Forage of cereal grains (green)

2

 

Forage of pulse crops (green)

2

AS 0162

Hay or fodder (dry) of grasses

5

 

Mixed pastures (leguminous/grasses)

15

 

Mustard seed forage and fodder

T40

 

Mustard seed meal

T1

 

Oilseed fodder {except Mustard seed fodder; Rape seed [canola] straw and fodder, dry}

0.5

 

Oilseed forage {except Mustard forage; Rape seed [canola] forage}

2

AL 0528

Pea vines (green)

T*0.05

 

Rape seed [canola] forage and fodder

40

 

Rape seed [canola] meal

1

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains

0.5

 

Straw and fodder (dry) of pulse crops

0.5

AM 0659

Sugar cane fodder

*0.2

AV 0659

Sugar cane forage

*0.2

 

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)

Clothianidin

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Pulse fodder

0.2

 

Pulse forage (green)

*0.05

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Pulse forage and fodder

0.4

 

 

 

Fluxapyroxad

 

 

OMIT:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities {except Forage and fodder of cereal grains}

1

SUBSTITUTE:

 

 

 

Primary feed commodities {except Forage and fodder of cereal grains}

2

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

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Azoxystrobin

 

 

 

Ryegrass forage and fodder

T10

 

 

 

Benzovindiflupyr

 

 

 

Ryegrass forage and fodder

T7

 

 

 

Cinmethylin

 

 

 

Rape seed [canola] forage

*0.01

 

Rape seed [canola] straw and fodder

*0.01

 

 

 

Cyproconazole

 

 

 

Ryegrass forage and fodder

T10

 

 

 

Isopyrazam

 

 

 

Ryegrass forage and fodder

T10

 

 

 

 

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

COMPOUND

ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY

MRL (mg/kg)

Glufosinate and Glufosinate ammonium

 

 

AL 0061

Bean fodder

T*0.05

AL 1030

Bean forage (green)

T*0.05

 

Carinata forage and fodder

T40

 

Carinata meal

T1

 

Cotton meal and hulls

5

AF 0081

Forage of cereal grains (green)

2

 

Forage of pulse crops (green)

2

AS 0162

Hay or fodder (dry) of grasses

5

 

Mixed pastures (leguminous/grasses)

15

 

Mustard seed forage and fodder

T40

 

Mustard seed meal

T1

 

Oilseed fodder {except Mustard seed fodder; Rape seed [canola] straw and fodder, dry}

0.5

 

Oilseed forage {except Mustard forage; Rape seed [canola] forage}

2

AL 0528

Pea vines (green)

T*0.05

 

Rape seed [canola] forage and fodder

40

 

Rape seed [canola] meal

1

AS 0081

Straw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains

0.5

 

Straw and fodder (dry) of pulse crops

0.5

AM 0659

Sugar cane fodder

*0.2

AV 0659

Sugar cane forage

*0.2

 

5  Schedule 1, Table 5—MRLs not necessary

 

Insert in alphabetical order the following new substances and associated uses:

SUBSTANCE

USE

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid

Cinnamon leaf oil

  • {T} When used for the control of fire ants in horticultural situations

Clove oil

  • {T} When used for the control of fire ants in horticultural situations

FIg22-Bt Peptide

  • When used on food producing crops

Peppermint oil

  • {T} When used for the control of fire ants in horticultural situations

Sugar beet extract

  • As a fungicide on food producing crops

(Z)-9-tetradecen-1-yl acetate

  • {T} Pheromone