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La fresa se marcha de Huelva a Portugal por el bloqueo de los fitosanitarios

Alerta roja entre los productores de frutos rojos en el suroeste de España. La Unión Europea ha prohibido el uso de fitosanitarios en el campo y, frente a lo que han hecho otros países, como Portugal, Italia o Grecia, que han establecido…
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Brazil law speeding up pesticide approval seen stalling to 2019 -official

A proposed law to speed up approvals of new pesticides in Brazil that has drawn criticism from environmentalists is unlikely to gain congressional approval before next year, an agriculture ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday. Approval…

USDA releases results of annual pesticide residue study

USDA has released the 2020 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The summary shows that more than 99% of the samples tested had pesticide residues below benchmark levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The 2020 report…

Brazil has established new rules for pesticides registration and research

On October 8, 2021, Brazil's federal government published a new decree that changes the rules on the production, research, registration, use, import and export of pesticides in the country. The main objectives of Decree No. 10,833 are to reformulate…

Non-approval of dimethyl sulphide as a basic substance

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1451 of 3 September 2021 concerning the non-approval of dimethyl sulphide as a basic substance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning…

Correction of the CAS number of the basic substance chitosan hydrochloride

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1446 of 3 September 2021 correcting Implementing Regulations (EU) No 540/2011 and (EU) No 563/2014 as regards the CAS number of the basic substance chitosan hydrochloride (Text with EEA relevance) THE…

Non-renewal of approval of the active substance famoxadone

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1379 of 19 August 2021 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance famoxadone, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning…
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New specification for the control of Anastrepha fraterculus in Brazil

Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply launched a new reference specification under the name ER 48, for the surveillance and control of a biological target, the "South American fruit fly" (Anastrepha fraterculus). ER 48 establishes…

Amendment of the approval periods of the active substances Adoxophyes orana granulovirus and flutriafol

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/726 of 4 May 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the approval periods of the active substances Adoxophyes orana granulovirus and flutriafol (Text with EEA relevance) THE…