Notice Type
General Section
Notice Title

Variations to the Food Standards Code (Amendment No. 50)

1. Preamble
The variations set forth in the Schedule below are variations to the Food Standards Code (hereinafter called "the Code") which was published by the National Health and Medical Research Council in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. P 27, on 27 August 1987, and which has been varied from time to time.
The Schedule contains variations adopted by the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council in June and July 2000.
These variations are published pursuant to section 32 of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991.
2. Citation
These variations may be collectively known as Amendment No. 50 to the Code.
3. Commencement
These variations commence on the date of publication of this New Zealand Gazette.
Schedule
[1] Standard A1 is varied by -
[1.1] inserting under the sub-heading Juices in Table to subclause (19) (e)-
Coles Orange Juice - No Added Sugar (sourced from Berri Limited)
Coles Orange and Mango Juice - No Added Sugar (sourced from Berri Limited)
Coles Apple and Blackcurrant Juice - No Added Sugar (sourced from Berri Limited)
Coles Apple Juice - No Added Sugar (sourced from Berri Limited)
Coles Viten
[1.2] omitting immediately after the Table to subclause (19) (e)-
Editorial Notes:
(1) Subclauses (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) implement a pilot trial of a management system for health claims. The outcomes of the pilot will be used to assist in the evaluation of a proposal to allow wider use of health claims in food labels and advertisements. The subclauses cease to have effect on
13 February 2001.
(2) Due to anticipated delays in the publication of amendments into the Food Standards Code, the approved foods/products listed in Column 1 to subclause (e) are also listed in a Register which is held at and by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority. The Register contains the most up to date list of approved foods/products.
(3) Clause (13) of Standard A1 should be read in conjunction with Standard A9 - Vitamins and Minerals.
and substituting-
Editorial Notes:
(1) Subclauses (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) implement a pilot trial of a management system for health claims. The outcomes of the pilot will be used to assist in the evaluation of a proposal to allow wider use of health claims in food labels and advertisements. The subclauses cease to have effect on
13 August 2002.
(2) Due to anticipated delays in the publication of amendments into the Food Standards Code, the approved foods/products listed in Column 1 to subclause (e) are also listed in a Register which is held at and by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority. The Register contains the most up to date list of approved foods/products.
(3) Clause (13) of Standard A1 should be read in conjunction with Standard A9-Vitamins and Minerals.
[2] Standard A14 is varied by-
[2.1] inserting in columns 1 and 2 respectively of Schedule 1 each chemical (shown in bold type) and its associated food and maximum residue limit for that food, listed below-
Chemical
Food
MRL
3-(2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-5-methyl-[1,3,5]oxadiazinan-4-ylidene-N-nitroamine
Cotton seed 0.05
Cotton seed oil 0.05
Maize 0.05
Sorghum 0.05
Sweet corn 0.05
Emamectin benzoate
Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbages, flowerhead cabbages
0.005
Cotton seed 0.005
Ethylene oxide
Herbs 20
Spices 20
The MRLs for ethylene oxide cease to have effect on 30 September 2001
[2.2] omitting from columns 1 and 2 respectively of Schedule 1, in relation to each chemical shown in bold type below, the food and the maximum residue limit for that food listed below-
Chemical
Food
MRL
Chlorothalonil
Chard (silver beet) 7
Vegetables [except celery; fruiting vegetables; cucurbits; leeks; onion, bulb; potato; tomato]
7
Chlortetracycline
Cattle edible offal of 0.6
Milks 0.02
Pig, edible offal of 0.6
Sheep, edible offal of 0.6
Sheep meat 0.1
Diflubenzuron
Sheep, edible offal of 0.05
Sheep meat 0.05
Ethyl formate
Cereal grains 1
Pulses 1

Glyphosate
Cereal grains 0.1
Ivermectin
Edible offal (mammalian) 0.01
Meat (mammalian) 0.01
Pig fat 0.02
Sheep fat 0.05
Triclabendazole
Cattle, edible offal of 0.5
Cattle meat 0.2
Deer, edible offal of 0.5
Deer meat 0.2
Goat, edible offal of 0.5
Goat meat 0.2
Horse, edible offal of 0.5
Horse meat 0.2
Sheep, edible offal of 0.5
Sheep meat 0.2
[2.3] inserting in columns 1 and 2 respectively of Schedule 1, in relation to each chemical shown in bold type below, the food and the maximum residue limit for that food listed below-
Chemical
Food
MRL
Abamectin
Hops, dry 0.1
Acephate
Bananas 1
Bananas, Dwarf 1
Chlorfenapyr
Brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbages, flowerhead brassicas

0.5
Peach 1
Pear 0.5
Chlorpyrifos-methyl
Cotton seed oil 0.01
Chlorothalonil
Garlic 10
Leafy vegetables 7
Leek 10
Spring onions 10
Vegetables [except celery; carrot; fruiting vegetables, cucurbits; leafy vegetables; leeks; onion, bulb; spring onion; potato; tomato]



7
Cypermethrin
Asparagus 0.5
Grapes 0.05
Cyprodinil
Edible offal (mammalian) 0.01
Meat (mammalian) 0.01
Milks 0.01
Pome fruits 0.05
Diflubenzuron
Cattle milk 0.05
Sheep kidney 0.05
Sheep liver 0.05
Sheep meat (in the fat) 0.05
2,4-D
Pear 0.05
Ethofumesate
Garlic 0.1
Fenoxycarb
Macadamia nuts 0.05

Fipronil
Pecan 0.01
Fluazifop-butyl
Leek 0.2
Garlic 0.05
Ginger, root 0.05
Flumethrin
Honey 0.005
Fluvalinate
Honey 0.01
Glyphosate
Barley 20
Cereal grains [except wheat and barley]
0.1
Wheat 5
Wheat bran, unprocessed 20
Haloxyfop
Garlic 0.05
Onion 0.05
Imidacloprid
Sweet potato 0.05
Ioxynil
Leek 0.02
Ivermectin
Cattle kidney 0.01
Cattle liver 0.1
Cattle meat (in the fat) 0.04
Cattle milk 0.02
Deer kidney 0.01
Deer liver 0.01
Deer meat (in the fat) 0.01
Pig kidney 0.01
Pig liver 0.01
Pig meat (in the fat) 0.02
Sheep kidney 0.01
Sheep liver 0.01
Sheep meat (in the fat) 0.05
Maldison
Blackcurrants 2
Methabenzthiazuron
Leek 0.05
Methamidophos
Bananas 0.2
Bananas, Dwarf 0.2
Propachlor
Garlic 2.5
Sethoxydim
Garlic 0.3
Spinosad
Edible offal (mammalian) 0.05
Eggs 0.01
Meats (mammalian)(in the fat) 0.2
Milks 0.02
Poultry meat 0.01
Poultry, edible offal of 0.01
Tebufenozide
Blueberries 2
Triclabendazole
Kidney (mammalian) 0.5
Liver (mammalian) 0.5
Meat (mammalian) 0.5
Triclopyr
Eggs 0.05
Poultry, edible offal of 0.05
Poultry meat (in the fat) 0.05
Sorghum 0.1
[2.4] omitting from column 2 of Schedule 1 the maximum residue limit in relation to each chemical shown in bold type and each food shown below, and substituting the maximum residue limit shown below-
Chemical
Food
MRL
Chlorpyrifos
Banana 0.5
Chlorpyrifos-methyl
Cotton seed 0.01
Cyprodinil
Pome fruits 0.05
Diflubenzuron
Cattle, edible offal of 0.02
Cattle meat 0.02
Dithiocarbamates
Garlic 4
Glyphosate
Edible offal (mammalian) 2
Halosulfuron-methyl
Sorghum 0.05
Pyrithiobac sodium
Edible offal (mammalian) 0.02
Eggs 0.02
Meat (mammalian) 0.02
Milks 0.02
Poultry, edible offal of 0.02
Poultry meat 0.02
Sulphosulfuron
Edible offal (mammalian) 0.005
Eggs 0.005
Meat (mammalian) 0.005
Milks 0.005
Poultry, edible offal of 0.005
Poultry meat 0.005
Wheat 0.005
[2.5] omitting from Schedule 1 Imazameth wherever occurring and substituting Imazapic.