Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on an application to consider incorporating certain maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the veterinary chemical avilamycin in the Food Standards Code.

FSANZ’s Chief Executive Officer Steve McCutcheon said that Elanco Animal Health had submitted the application to harmonise MRLs for avilamycin in specific pig products, aligning the Food Standards Code with international Codex Alimentarius Standards.

“Avilamycin is an antibiotic which has existing permissions for use in poultry products in Australia and is approved for use overseas in pig products” Mr McCutcheon said.

“After undertaking extensive dietary exposure assessments and reviewing the best available toxicological and microbiological data, FSANZ has determined that there are no public health or safety issues associated with the proposed MRL in specific pig products with the proposed permitted residue dichloroisoeverninic acid”.

All FSANZ decisions on applications are notified to ministers responsible for food regulation who can decide to ask for a review or agree that the standard should become law.

The closing date for submissions is 6pm, 5 December 2016.

More information
Application A1133
How to make a submission

http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/media/Pages/Call-for-submissions-on-harmonising-maximum-residue-limit-for-avilamycin.aspx