US EPA extends comment period on draft biological evaluations for carbaryl and methomyl

EPA is extending the public comment period for 45 days on the draft biological evaluations (BEs) for the insecticides carbaryl and methomyl. The comment period will now close on July 2, 2020. Comments can be submitted to the docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0090…

Epoxiconazole withdrawn and pencycuron banned in the EU and UK

Regulatory action in the EU and UK means the clock is ticking on authorisations for the important cereals fungicide epoxiconazole, and use of the seed potato fungicide pencycuron is now banned. Epoxiconazole is one of the most widely used…

Fertilizers: latest impacts of Covid-19 on global market

Global fertilizer markets continue to be challenged by the logistical and associated economic impacts of Covid-19. But the impacts are highly uneven across markets and not all are negative. The main effect remains the constraints on logistics,…

Brazil reclassifies toxicology of 252 registered formulated products

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) published, on 26th March, 2020, the toxicological reclassification of 252 fungicides, insecticides, herbicides and other product classes. This move aims to officialize the updates…

España y los demás Estados reivindican la importancia de la PAC en el actual contexto del COVID-19 y reclaman a la CE una respuesta “unida y fuerte” en apoyo al sector agrario

Valoran la respuesta europea, asimismo reclaman a la CE que adopte medidas adicionales urgentes para el sector agrario por el impacto de esta crisis en algunos subsectores y el futuro de la economía rural. Entre otras medidas, solicitan habilitar…

Agricultura, sanidad vegetal y Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

La sanidad vegetal es un instrumento imprescindible para que la agricultura pueda contribuir a la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. La reciente decisión de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación…

Mapa changes priority-setting process for agrochemical registration in Brazil

The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) announced changes to the priority-setting process for agrochemical registration. According to the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method…

EFSA reveals data on pesticide residues in food in EU

Reasons for non-compliances include use of non‐EU‐approved pesticides, contamination from previous uses so residues come from the soil and substances no longer used as pesticides but that are persistent in the environment. Table grapes…

Los precios mundiales de los alimentos bajan en marzo

La debilidad de la demanda y la caída de los precios del petróleo a causade la pandemia lastran los precios internacionales de los principales productos alimentarios Los precios mundiales de los alimentos bajaron fuertemente en marzo, lastrados…