Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Code —
Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits Amendment Instrument No. APVMA 3, 2015
I, Rajumati Bhula, Executive Director, Scientific Assessment and Chemical Review and 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.
Rajumati Bhula
Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Dated this Twenty eighth day of April 2015
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Instrument
This Instrument is the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits Amendment Instrument
No. APVMA 3, 2015.
2 Commencement
Pursuant to subsection 82(8) of the Food Standards Australia New
Zealand Act 1991, this Amendment Instrument commences on the day a
copy of 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 No. APVMA 9 of
5 May 2015.
3 Object
The object of this Instrument is for the APVMA to make variations to Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits of 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 Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits
of 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. The whole of the Australia New Zealand Food Standard Code (including Standard 1.4.2) was further published in Gazette P 30 of 20 December 2000.
Part 2 Variations to Standard 1.4.2 —
Maximum Residue Limits
5 Variations to Standard 1.4.2
The Schedule to this Instrument sets out the variations made to the Principal Instrument by this Amendment Instrument.
Schedule
Variations to Standard 1.4.2 — Maximum Residue Limits
1 Variations
(1)The Principal Instrument is varied by:
(a) omitting from Schedule 1 the chemical residue definition for Trinexapac-ethyl and substituting the following chemical residue definition-
Trinexapac acid
(b) inserting in alphabetical order in Schedule 1, the foods and associated MRLs for each of the following chemicals –
Bifenthrin
Bifenthrin
Almonds
T0.1
Chlorantraniliprole
Plant commodities and animal commodities other than milk: Chlorantraniliprole
Milk: Sum of chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[((hydroxymethyl)amino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, expressed as chlorantraniliprole
Root and tuber vegetables
T0.05
Cypermethrin
Cypermethrin, sum of isomers
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits
T0.3
Dithiocarbamates
Total dithiocarbamates, determined as carbon disulphide evolved during acid digestion and expressed as milligrams of carbon disulphide per kilogram of food
Olives
T2
Hexythiazox
Hexythiazox
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits
T0.05
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits [except mushrooms and sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)]
T1
Potato
T*0.02
Penflufen
Penflufen
Cotton seed
T*0.01
Pyraclostrobin
Commodities of plant origin: Pyraclostrobin
Commodities of animal origin: Sum of pyraclostrobin and metabolites hydrolysed to 1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-ol, expressed as pyraclostrobin
Olives
T1
Sulfoxaflor
Sulfoxaflor
Cherimoya
T1
Custard apple
T1
Ilama
T1
Soursop
T1
Sugar apple
T1
Thiamethoxam
Commodities of plant origin: Thiamethoxam
Commodities of animal origin: Sum of thiamethoxam and N-(2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-N′-methyl-N′-nitro-guanidine, expressed as thiamethoxam
Beans [except broad bean and soya bean]
T0.2
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits
T1
Root and tuber vegetables
T0.7
Trifloxystrobin
Sum of trifloxystrobin and its acid metabolite ((E,E)-methoxyimino-[2-[1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-ethylideneaminooxymethyl]phenyl] acetic acid), expressed as trifloxystrobin equivalents
Cotton seed
T*0.01
Trinexapac-ethyl
4-(cyclopropyl-a-hydroxy-methylene)-3,5-dioxo-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid
Bran, unprocessed of cereal grains
0.5
Cereal grains
0.2
Eggs
*0.01
Poultry, edible offal of
*0.01
Poultry meat
*0.01
(c) omitting from Schedule 1 the foods and associated MRLs for each of the following chemicals –
Chlorantraniliprole
Plant commodities and animal commodities other than milk: Chlorantraniliprole
Milk: Sum of chlorantraniliprole, 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and 3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[((hydroxymethyl)amino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, expressed as chlorantraniliprole
Potato
*0.01
Radish
T0.05
Swede
T0.05
Turnip, Garden
T0.05
Cypermethrin
Cypermethrin, sum of isomers
Cucumber
T0.3
Hexythiazox
Hexythiazox
Cucumber
T1
Peppers, Sweet
T1
Tomato
T1
Trinexapac-ethyl
4-(cyclopropyl-a-hydroxy-methylene)-3,5-dioxo-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid
Barley
T0.3
Oats
T0.3
Wheat
T0.3
(d) omitting from Schedule 1, under the entries for the following chemicals, the maximum residue limit for the food, substituting –
Abamectin
Sum of avermectin B1a, avermectin B1b and (Z)-8,9 avermectin B1a, and (Z)-8,9 avermectin B1b
Almonds
*0.01
Pyrimethanil
Pyrimethanil
Tomato
1
Pyroxasulfone
Commodities of plant origin: Sum of pyroxasulfone and (5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methanesulfonic acid, expressed as pyroxasulfone
Commodities of animal origin: 5-Difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid, expressed as pyroxasulfone
Pulses
*0.01
Sulphadimidine
Sulphadimidine
Eggs
*0.005
Thiamethoxam
Commodities of plant origin: Thiamethoxam
Commodities of animal origin: Sum of thiamethoxam and N-(2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-N′-methyl-N′-nitro-guanidine, expressed as thiamethoxam
Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits
T0.5
Trimethoprim
Trimethoprim
Eggs
*0.01