Food Standards (Application A1329 – Exclusion of Blacklip Rock oysters farmed in the Northern Territory from the maximum level (ML) for cadmium in molluscs) Variation

Food Standards (Application A1329 – Exclusion of Blacklip Rock oysters farmed in the Northern Territory from the maximum level (ML) for cadmium in molluscs) VariationThe Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The variation commences on the dates specified in clause 3 of this variation.Dated 20 August 2026Matthew O'MullaneDelegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New ZealandNote:This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 192 on 1 September 2026. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.1 NameThis instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1329 – Exclusion of Blacklip Rock oysters farmed in the Northern Territory from the maximum level (ML) for cadmium in molluscs) Variation.2 Variation to a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards CodeThe Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.3 Commencement(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.Commencement informationColumn 1 | Column 2 | Column 3Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details1. Clauses 1 to 3 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table. | The day of gazettal of this instrument.2. Item [1] of the Schedule. | The day of gazettal of this instrument.3. Item [2] of the Schedule. | The day after the end of the period of 24 months beginning on the day this instrument is gazetted.Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.ScheduleSchedule 19 Maximum levels of contaminants and natural toxicants[1] Section S19—4 (table item dealing with “Cadmium”, column headed “Food”)Omit:Molluscs (excluding dredge/bluff oysters and queenscallops)substitute:Molluscs (excluding blacklip rock oysters (Saccostrea spathulata) farmed in the Northern Territory; dredge/bluff oysters; and queen scallops)[2] Section S19—4 (table item dealing with “Cadmium”, below entry for “Amaranth, grain”)Insert:Blacklip rock oysters (Saccostrea spathulata) farmed in the Northern Territory | 3

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