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The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has made a new legislative instrument – the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code (Interchangeable Constituent) Determination 2024.

This is the first interchangeable constituent determination the APVMA has made.

Under Regulation 19AEA of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations 1995, the APVMA may, by legislative instrument, determine that one or more constituents of a chemical product or a class of chemical products may be interchanged with another constituent if the requirements specified in the determination are met.

The determination was made in response to an application from a registrant and allows substitution of a surfactant/wetter Tersperse 4896 with Tersperse 4894 for suspension concentrate and flowable suspension concentrate products.

This means holders who want to replace Tersperse 4896 with Tersperse 4894 can lodge a Notifiable Variation to update their product formulation, instead of an Item 12 variation application.