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This work plan has been prepared to fulfill new legislative requirements intended to improve the transparency and predictability of chemical review decisions. Work plans for all current chemical reviews have been prepared in accordance with subsection…

Metoxuron is a contact herbicide formerly used in Australia to control broadleaved weeds in carrots, parsnips, wheat and barley.

Mevinphos had insecticidal uses in lucerne, vegetable crops and gladioli. It is now approved only for use to control diamondback moth in brassicas.

Mirex, an organochlorine available as the product Mirant, was a termiticide used to control the giant termite Mastotermes darwiniensis in horticultural crops and amenity trees in northern Australia.

No formal review of mirex was…

Monocrotophos, an organophosphorus compound, is a broad-spectrum, systemic insecticide and acaricide used to control sucking, chewing and boring insects on horticultural and agricultural crops.

Nicarbazin is a coccidiostat that is mixed with feed for broiler chickens for the prevention and control of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria spp. Coccidiosis is a common disease of poultry and can result in a high death rate.

Nicarbazin…

Omethoate (O,O-dimethyl S-methylcarbamoylmethyl phosphorothioate) is a systemic organophosphorus insecticide and acaricide used to control insects and mites in horticulture and agriculture, as well as in the home garden.

This work plan has…

Parathion ethyl is a broad-spectrum organophosphorus non-systemic insecticide and acaricide formerly used in Australia to control a variety of insects, including larvae, aphids and moths in horticultural and agricultural crops.

Parathion-methyl is a non-systemic organophosphorus insecticide and acaricide. It is used to control chewing and sucking insects, and mites.