Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Regulation 2017.

This Regulation, consisting of 38 sections divided into five Parts and one Schedule, establishes the control the use over chemical both for agricultural and veterinary purposes. It prescribes: the maximum residue limit MRL of chemical residues mentioned for agricultural produce; MRLs for the tissue of a trade species animal or a product derived from a trade species animal. In particular, it establishes MRLs for chemicals for human food commodity—MRL standard: for particular human food commodity, the MRL is the prescribed for the residue of the chemical in or on the commodity as a human food commodity. It also specifies other MRLs for chemicals for human food commodity as follows: 1) if the MRL standard does not fix an MRL for a particular chemical for specific human food commodity, the prescribed MRL for the residue of the chemical in or on the commodity as a human food commodity is zero. 2) if the MRL standard does not fix an MRL for a particular chemical for any human food commodities at all, the prescribed MRL for the residue of the chemical in or on each commodity as a human food commodity is zero.
Pesticide MRL residues in animal feed are specified in the text. A person must not use a restricted chemical product that is a pre-construction termiticide product containing bifenthrin or chlorpyrifos, unless the person holds a licence under the Pest Management Act 2001 to carry out a pest control activity for timber pests.