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Extension of the approval periods of the active substances Regulation (EU) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020

  Extension of the approval periods of the active substances Regulation (EU) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020 abamectin, Bacillus subtilis (Cohn 1872) strain QST 713, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Aizawai strains ABTS-1857 and GC-91, Bacillus…

Regulations Europe to debate ban on mancozeb

The EU's Standing Committee on Vegetables, Animals, Food and Feed plans to meet on March 23 and 24 to decide if they continue to authorize the use of mancozeb, the seventh most widely used pesticide in Spain. Mancozeb is a fungicide that…

Calls for Mayor of London to ban pesticides

The Mayor of London should ban pesticide use on all City Hall controlled property, according to the Green Party UK. The devastation wreaked by chemical pesticides can clearly be seen at a London nature reserve, Seething Wells Filter Beds,…

MAPA opens public consultation to review pest prevention, control programs in Brazil

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) opened a public consultation on key proposals in the area of crop protection. Participation is free for all interested parties and is open until 11th April. Ordinance 31 opened a consultation…

US EPA announces new evaluation method for pesticides

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a new method for conducting biological evaluations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to assure that pesticide registration review actions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,…

New government ordinance does not facilitate registration of pesticides in Brazil

A recent claim, which has been propagated by the media, that Ordinance No. 43, of February 21, 2020, would facilitate the registration of pesticides is misleading. Published in the Official Gazette last Thursday (27.02) by the Ministry of Agriculture,…

Washington House rewrites Senate chlorpyrifos bill

All current uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos would remain legal in Washington until at least Jan. 1, 2022, under a bill passed late March 5 by the state House, which declined to follow the Senate in adopting a partial ban. Instead, the…

Mancozeb and other 9 active substances extended approval periods in EU

On December 9, 2019, the European Commission published the Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2094 of 29 November 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances…

Suspended exports may increase export taxes in Argentina

The Argentine government last week suspended any new export registrations which usually indicates that the government may be in the process of increasing commodity export taxes. The Argentine Congress had previously given President Fernandez…