It says that non-contact periods will also come into force for plant insecticides containing acephate, dimethoate, methomyl and oxamyl, with some crop exceptions Labels for these products will need to be updated to reflect the new rules.

The following non-contact periods will apply from 1 July 2016:

• Seven days for products containing acephate (except in lemons);
• Seven days for products containing dimethoate (no exceptions);
• Eight days for products containing methomyl (except in strawberries and greenhouse tomatoes);
• Ten days for oxamyl (except in greenhouse tomatoes).

HortNZ says that there is no specified non-contact period for substances with the active ingredient methamidophos, but no application is permitted when bees are foraging.

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