The below minor use permits were recently issued by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). This information is circulated as part of Hort Innovation's Growing Innovation e-newsletter, which members and interested horticulture participants receive monthly. Sign up here.
Permit ID |
Description (chemical/crop/pest or use) |
Original date of issue |
Expiry date |
Permit holder |
Link |
PER86665 Version 2 |
Fipronil / Carrots / Whitefringed weevil and symphylids |
4-Jan-19 |
31-Jul-24 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER14186 Version 4 |
Spinetoram (Success Neo) Eggplant-aubergine / Melon thrips |
3-Oct-13 |
30-Sep-24 |
Hort Innovation |
|
PER13152 Version 4 |
MCPA / Rhubarb / Broadleaf weeds |
4-Dec-11 |
30-Sep-26 |
Hort Innovation |
|
PER12047 Version 4 |
Thiabendazole (Tecto) / Sweet potato / Field rots caused by scurf and root rot |
29-Jun-11
|
30-Sep-26
|
Hort Innovation |
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PER12591 Version 3 |
Methoxyfenozide (Prodigy) / Persimmons / Leaf roller, yellow peach moth, lightbrown apple moth and orange fruitborer Note: Prodigy Registered in pome fruit crop group (covers Japanese persimmons) for lightbrown apple moth and loopers |
29-Jun-11
|
31-Jul-26
|
Hort Innovation |
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PER14210 Version 4 |
Bifenazate (Acramite Miticide) / Lettuce (head and leafy varieties) Grown in protected situations only / Two-spotted mite |
17-Oct-13 |
30-Apr-22 |
Hort Innovation |
|
PER13673 Version 4 |
Metalaxyl-M and Mancozeb (Ridomil Gold MZ WG) / Silverbeet and spinach / Downy mildew Celery / Septoria leaf spot or late blight |
22-Apr-13 |
31-Jul-26 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER12989 Version 4 |
Propiconazole / Almonds / Blossom blight and anthracnose |
01-Sep-11 |
31-Aug-26 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER84890 Version 3 |
Pyriproxyfen (Admiral) / Beans All types of fresh beans including butter, flat, French, green, snake and string beans. (Field grown only) / Silverleaf whitefly |
15-May-18 |
31-Jul-24 |
Hort Innovation |
|
PER14583 Version 5 |
Chlorpyrifos Swede, turnip, brassica leafy vegetables, silverbeet, spinach, celery, beans, snow peas and sugar snap peas / African black beetle, false wireworms and wireworms Parsley / Vegetable weevil sweet potato / sweet potato weevil and wireworm *Continued issuance of this permit is subject to the outcomes of the current APVMA review of chlorpyrifos. This permit may be impacted by the outcomes of this review. |
1-Apr-14 |
31-Oct-24 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER90820 Version 3 |
Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) (Fawligen Fall armyworm biocontrol) / Fall armyworm Various crops including; sweetcorn, root and tuber vegetables, legume vegetables *Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits *Leafy vegetables (including brassica leafy vegetables) and ornamentals flowers and plants (All States and Territories) |
30-Mar-21
|
31-Mar-24 |
AGBITECH PTY LTD |
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PER91292 |
Emergency Use Permit Fluopyram and Trifloxystrobin (Luna Sensation Fungicide) / Green beans (field grown only) / Powdery mildew QLD ONLY |
27-Jul-21 |
31-Jul-22 |
Hort Innovation |
|
PER14547 Version 4 |
Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) / Persimmons / Mealybug Continued issuance of this permit is subject to the outcomes of the current APVMA review of chlorpyrifos |
13-Jul-14 |
31-Oct-23
|
Hort Innovation |
All efforts have been made to provide the most current, complete and accurate information on these permits, however you should always confirm all details on the APVMA website at https://portal.apvma.gov.au/permits. Details of the conditions of use associated with these permits can also be found on the APVMA site.
You can also access the Non-Performance Reporting Form for Horticultural Pesticides here. This form should be completed when an adverse experience occurs as a result of using a permit. A 'non-performance' is an unintended or unexpected effect on plants, plant products, animals, human beings or the environment, including injury, sensitivity reactions or lack of efficacy associated with the use of an agricultural chemical product(s) when used according to label (or permit) directions.
Users are advised that while the pesticide can be applied legally under the APVMA minor use permit, there can be a significant delay until the MRL gazetted by the APVMA is adopted in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. Until this occurs the MRL may not be recognised and a zero tolerance may be imposed for residues of the pesticide resulting from its use according to the APVMA permit.
Please be aware that in the absence of an MRL in the Food Standards Code, the use of the pesticide according to the permit may result in the suspension of the produce in the marketplace. Please check the FSANZ website or the Australian Government ComLaw website (https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/F2015L00468) to confirm if there are MRL established by the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.