Gazette APVMA 10, 4 October 2005 page 23

NOTICE Exemption for the purposes of Sections 75 and 78 of the Agvet Codes

The APVMA has granted an exemption for the purposes of sections 75 (1) (b) and 78 (1) (b) of the Agvet Codes for the following agricultural chemical products:

(1) Products containing Trichoderma spp when they are represented, supplied or used for promoting plant growth;

(2) Products containing Trichoderma spp when they are represented, supplied or used for improvement of soil structure, improving survival of transplants, increasing beneficial microbes or microbial activity in soils or digesting cellulose;

(3) Product containing naturally occurring Trichoderma spp and which are not represented, supplied or used as agricultural chemical products.

This means that even though these products are “agricultural chemical products” under the Agvet Codes, it is not an offence to possess them for the purposes of supply or to supply them.

This exemption may be cancelled at any time by the APVMA.

The reason for granting this temporary exemption is to allow the APVMA time to progress matters described in the accompanying gazettal notice on products containing Trichoderma spp.