Section 1 - Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 12) - Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 12)

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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016(No. 12)1

I, Alan Norden, Executive Director, Registration Management and Evaluation and delegate 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.

Alan Norden

Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Dated this First day of September 2016

1 Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Instrument No. 4 (MRL Standard) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 12).

2 Commencement

This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3 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.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Schedule, Table 1 - MRLs of agricultural and veterinary chemicals and associated substances in food commodities

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)
Metribuzin
OMIT:
VR 0075	Root and tuber vegetables [except potato]	T*0.05
SUBSTITUTE:
VR 0577	Carrot	T0.3
VR 0075	Root and tuber vegetables [except Carrot and Potato]	T*0.05

Spinetoram
OMIT:
TN 0085	Tree nuts [except almonds]	0.02
SUBSTITUTE:
TN 0669	Macadamia nuts	*0.01

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

COMPOUND	FOOD	MRL (mg/kg)
Captan
FC 0003	Mandarins	T3

Cypermethrin
VO 0050	Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits [except Sweet corn (corn on the cob) and Tomato]	T1
	Peppers, Chili, other cultivars	T1

[2] Schedule, Table 4 - MRLs for pesticides in animal feed commodities

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

COMPOUND	ANIMAL FEED COMMODITY	MRL (mg/kg)
Captan
AB 0001	Citrus pulp, dry	T15

[3] Schedule, Table 5 - Uses of substances where MRLs are not necessary

for the following substances, insert in alphabetical order the associated uses listed below

SUBSTANCE	USE
Sodium chlorate
	{T} Defoliant on maize

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