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 |
PER89214 |
Flonicamid (MainMan 500WG) / Raspberries and blackberries / Mirids, jassids/leafhoppers, aphids, greenhouse whitefly and suppression of green vegetable bug and rutherglen bug |
3-Jun-21 |
30-Jun-23 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER81199 Version 2 |
Mancozeb (Tatodust) / Banana bunches / Banana fruit speckle disease |
27-Oct-15 |
30-Jun-26 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER90388 |
Metalaxyl-M (Ridomil Gold 480 SL) / Chestnuts / Phytophthora root rot and collar rot |
8-Jun-21 |
30-Jun-24
|
Hort Innovation |
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PER12864 Version 3 |
Metiram (Polyram DF Fungicide) / Apples / Alternaria leaf blotch and alternaria fruit spot |
18-Apr-13 |
30-Jun-26 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER91155
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Spinetoram (Success Neo) Brassica vegetables; including broccoli brussels sprouts cabbage cauliflower brassica leafy vegetables. Cucurbits; including cucumber, melon, squash, zucchini, culinary herbs. Fruiting vegetables; including eggplant, okra, peppers (capsicums and chillies), sweet corn, tomato. Leafy vegetables; including lettuce, endive, silverbeet, spinach and brassica leafy vegetables. Root and tuber vegetables; including beetroot, carrot, celeriac, galangal, parsnip, potato, radish (incl. daikon), sweet potato, swede, turnip. Stalk and stem vegetables; including celery, rhubarb. Leaf miners (Liriomyza spp.) Including: Vegetable leaf miner (Liriomyza sativae) Pea leaf miner/Serpentine leaf miner (Liriomyza huidobrensis) American serpentine leaf miner (Liriomyza trifolii) |
9-Jun-21
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30-Jun-24
|
Hort Innovation |
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PER91161 |
Chlorantraniliprole + Thiamethoxam (Durivo Insecticide) Brassica leafy vegetables Including: Chinese broccoli, Chinese cabbage, garden cress, kale and rocket Leafy vegetables Including: lettuce, endive, silverbeet, spinach, chard Leaf miners (Liriomyza spp.) Including: Vegetable leaf miner (Liriomyza sativae) Pea leaf miner/Serpentine leaf miner (Liriomyza huidobrensis) American serpentine leaf miner (Liriomyza trifolii) |
9-Jun-21 |
30-Jun-24
|
Hort Innovation |
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PER14326 Version 4 |
Captan Fungicide / Capsicum, chili peppers, cucumbers, leafy lettuce / grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) field or protected crops |
19-Dec-13 |
30-Jun-24 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER14949 Version 4 |
Carbendazim (Howzat SC fungicide) / Mushrooms / Dry bubble, wet bubble and green mould |
16-Mar-16 |
30-Jun-26 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER90595 NEW |
Metalaxyl-M and Azoxystrobin (Uniform fungicide) / Beetroot / Pythium and rhizoctonia (directed application at planting) |
30-Jun-21 |
30-Jun-24 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER81589 Version 3 |
Iprodione (Rovral) / Parsley, snow peas, sugar snap peas, cucumber, beetroot leaves, chicory and endive / Sclerotina rot and grey mould beetroot - Sclerotina rot, grey mould and alternaria leaf spot |
21-Sep-16 |
30-Jun-26 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER91059 |
Alpha-Cypermethrin / Stone fruit (except cherries) / Fruit fly (all species) |
30-Jun-21 |
30-Jun-22 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER91058 |
Peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide (Tsunami or Adoxysan) / Chestnuts (postharvest spray or dipping treatment only) / Surface moulds |
30-Jun-21 |
30-Jun-26 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER13999 Version 8 |
Dimethoate / Olives (oil production only) / Olive lace bug, green vegetable bug and rutherglen bug |
19-Apr-13 |
31-Jul-26 |
Hort Innovation |
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PER14964 Version 4 |
Chlorothalonil / Lettuce (head and leafy varieties) Plant nursery phase, prior to planting in the field / Anthracnose or shot hole |
21-Dec-14 |
31-Jul-26 |
Hort Innovation |
Please note the following permits will now be surrendered
Permit ID |
Description (chemical/crop/pest or use) |
State |
Original date of issue |
Expiry date |
Permit holder |
PER87439
|
Pirimicarb / Blackberries / Green peach aphid Use now covered on the Imtrade Pirimicarb 500WG Aphicide Label (60138/127664) and Pirimor WG Aphicide Label (49835/128530) All states Permit will be surrendered |
TAS only |
4-Dec-18 |
31-Dec-21 |
Hort Innovation |
PER87464 Version 2 |
Colecalciferol (Selontra soft bait rodenticide) / Rubus, rubus hybrid and blueberry / Rats and mice (ALL States) Use Registered June 21 and permit will be surrendered |
All states |
17-Dec-18 |
30-Nov-22 |
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.