Foods in general

Amendment of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to align the following maximum residue limits (MRLs) with existing national regulations.

This Proposal seeks to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to align the following maximum residue limits (MRLs) for various agricultural and veterinary chemicals so that they are consistent with other national regulations relating to the safe and effective use of agricultural and veterinary chemicals:

[1]       The table to section S20–3 in Schedule 20 is varied by

[1.1]    omitting from each of the following chemicals, the foods and associated MRLs

Agvet chemical: Endothal

Permitted residue: Endothal

Potato                            0.1

[1.3]    omitting for each of the following chemicals, the maximum residue limit for the food and substituting

Agvet chemical: Clothianidin

Permitted residue: Clothianidin

Cherimoya                     T0.1

Custard apple                T0.1

Ilama                             T0.1

Olives                            T0.3

Soursop                         T0.1 Sugar apple     T0.1