Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Regulation 2017. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Queensland Document type Regulation Date 2017 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword MRL-maximum residue limit Food quality control/food safety Drugs Pesticides Animal health Inspection Hormones/steroids Monitoring Animal feed/feedstuffs Residues Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Regulation enters into force on 1 September 2017. Abstract 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. Full text English Website www.legislation.qld.gov.au References - Legislation Implements Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Act 1988. Legislation | Australia | 1988 (2020) Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Pesticides, MRL-maximum residue limit, Drugs, Animal health, Standards, Inspection, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Residues, Waste disposal, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX