At all times, the grain industry must comply with all regulatory controls for chemicals. The key elements of the regulatory system in Australia and overseas are: Australia • Chemicals are registered for both in-crop and post-harvest use on grain. In Australia there are two Government bodies (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)10 and Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)11 responsible for registration of chemicals and for determining MRLs of chemicals. The Australian MRLs and the registration and use of chemicals, are binding in all Australian States and Territories; • Australia is a full signatory to the Codex Alimentarius Commission12, an international body created by the World Health Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organization to develop, amongst other things, international MRLs ; • The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) regulates exports under the Export Control Act 202013 or any subsequent legislation. Plant Exports Branch14 is part of DAFF and is responsible for this task. Plant Exports Branch interfaces with the grain industry through various means such as the Grain and Plant Products Export Industry Consultative Committee15 (GPPEICC); and • The Australian National Residue Survey (NRS)16 gathers information on chemical residues and environmental contaminants in the products of participating industries such as grain. Samples are taken from a range of domestic grain products, container exports and all bulk exports of prescribed grains and assessed for levels of a range of chemical compounds. Where MRL violations are detected, the NRS initiates a trace-back system to determine the cause. That trace-back system is done by the relevant regulatory authority in each State and Territory as required by legislation. As required by legislation, NRS reports on those violations. Industry participating in the NRS Program must assist in those trace-back investigations. Under this Code, the following industry sectors are required to actively participate on a continuous basis in the NRS grains residue monitoring program, and to comply with any NRS directions applying to that program: - All grain organisations out-turning on the domestic market to an end-processor (who is not defined as a primary producer); - All bulk grain exporters; - All container exporters; and - Where relevant, operators of facilities who provide grain as part of the above services. 10 10 https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2023L01350/latest/versions 11 https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2015L00468/latest/versions 12 https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/home/en/ 13 https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2020A00012/latest/versions 14 https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/export/controlled-goods/plants-plant-products 15 https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/policy/partnerships/consultative-committees/gppeicc 16 https://www.agriculture.gov.au/agriculture-land/farm-food-drought/food/nrs
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