FSANZ Amendment on Maximum Residue Limits (Schedule 20) Variation Instrument

On August 22nd, 2022, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority published a regulation on the “Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code Schedule-20-Maximum residue limits Variation Instrument No. APVMA 4, 2022” (Amendment Instrument).

The document outlines the following changes:

• To include or change maximum residue limits related to agricultural and veterinary chemical products;
• The variation omits from each of the listed chemicals such as Fluopyram and Fluroxypyr, the food commodities, and their associated MRLs;
• The variation omits and substitutes the MRLs for Indoxacarb and Thiabendazole.

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