The Proposal was prepared to vary maximum residue limits (MRLs) for certain agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals in Schedule 20 to align with Codex standards and those of trading partners for food commodities to be imported to Australia. It also aligns MRLs in Schedule 20 with the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) MRL Standard for residues of agvet chemicals proposed for deletion, increases or reductions. More information
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/proposals/Documents/M1014_Approval%20Report.pdf
The two MRLs listed below have not been included in the approved draft:
- Clopyralid – All other foods except animal food commodities: 0.1 mg/kg
- Metalaxyl – All other foods except animal food commodities: 0.05 mg/kg
As for nuts and dried fruits, the MRL changes are the following:
- MRL deleted:
- carbaryl in prunes, tree nuts [except macadamia nuts; pecan] and tree nuts (whole in shell)
- chlorfenvinphos in peanuts
- dichlorvos in peanuts and tree nuts
- fenamiphos in peanuts
- methamidophos in peanuts
- 2-phenylphenol in prunes
- MRL set:
- chlorantraniliprole in peanuts at 0.06 ppm
- clopyralid in cranberries at 4 ppm
- cyflumetofen in tree nuts at 0.01 ppm
- fenpyroximate in cranberries at 1 ppm
- fenvalerate in almonds at 0.2 ppm
- flonicamid in cranberries at 1.5 ppm
- flubendiamide in almonds at 0.06 ppm
- fluopyram in cranberries at 2 ppm
- fosetyl-aluminium in cranberries at 0.5 ppm
- hexythiazox in almonds at 0.3 ppm
- inorganic bromide in almonds at 200 ppm
- iprodione in almonds at 0.3 ppm
- metalaxyl in cranberries at 4 ppm
- norflurazon in cranberries at 0.1 ppm
- rimosulfuron in almonds at 0.01 ppm
- spinetoram in almonds at 0.1 ppm
- tebuconazole in tree nuts [except almonds] at 0.05 ppm
- trifloxystrobin in peanuts at 0.05 ppm and in walnuts at 0.04 ppm
On October 3, 2017, FSANZ also issued a proposal to Amend Schedule 20 of the revised Food Standards Code. Among others, the amendment deletes the residue of pyraclostrobin in tree nuts (except pistachio nut) at *0.01, and inserts the residue of pyraclostrobin in tree nuts (except pistachio nut and walnut) at *0.01 and in walnut at T1 (* indicates that the maximum residue limit is set at the limit of determination; and ‘T’ indicates that the maximum residue limit is a temporary maximum residue limit). The final date for comments was October 31, 2017. The amendment can be found here.
https://apvma.gov.au/sites/default/files/gazette/food-standards/gazette_03102017-page23-26.pdf