Regulations

• Peru bans agrochemicals with active ingredient ‘dicofol’

  Date：Apr. 23, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The Peruvian Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) has prohibited the registration, importation, local formulation, distribution, marketing ...

  Tags:Dicofol

• Germany: 94 associations call for strict regulation of genetic engineering

  Date：Apr. 22, 2021 Category：Regulations

  In a joint position paper​, a broad alliance of 94 organisations has called on the German government to continue to regulate and label all current and future g...

  Tags:GM crop

• US EPA opens comment period on draft biological opinion on malathion

  Date：Apr. 21, 2021 Category：Regulations

  United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) draft biological opinion for the registr...

  Tags:Insecticides

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration advises companies regarding inadvertent presence of low levels of certain genetically engineered canola seeds

  Date：Apr. 16, 2021 Category：Regulations

  BASF Agricultural Solutions

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been notified by BASF Agricultural Solutions and Nuseed that low levels of genetic material from two new varieties of ...

• Kenya's agricultural reforms set to bolster Bt cotton commercialization​

  Date：Apr. 15, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Radical reforms in Kenya's agricultural sector are set to inject fresh impetus to Bt cotton farming in the country, should a fibre crops legislative Bill pass i...

  Tags:GM cropCotton

• EFSA presents data on pesticide residues detected in food

  Date：Apr. 14, 2021 Category：Regulations

  According to the latest report published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the non-compliance rate for pesticides in foods decreased in 2019.

• Re-evaluations and special reviews of registered pesticides in Canada

  Date：Apr. 13, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Over the 10-year period between 2009 and 2019, the increase of the number of registered pest control products from 5700 to 7600 also represents an increase in p...

• Canada Action Alert: Health Canada proposes to remove regulation for some GMOs

  Date：Apr. 13, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Health Canada has launched a public consultation on its proposal to remove government regulation of some genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) foo...

  Tags:GM crop

• Australia to approve Nufarm's Maya Herbicide

  Date：Apr. 13, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has proposed to approve registration of a new product Maya Herbicide, containing a new acti...

• European Union Commission unveils EU Organic Action Plan 2021-2030

  Date：Apr. 12, 2021 Category：Regulations

  On March 25, 2021, the European Commission published the EU Organic Action Plan for 2021-2030.

• U.S. EPA proposes to conditionally register combination insecticide for residential outdoor use

  Date：Apr. 12, 2021 Category：Regulations

  U.S. EPA is accepting public comments on its proposed decision to conditionally register the first residential outdoor use of the insecticides cyclaniliprole an...

  Tags:Insecticides

• Canada approved 12 new pesticide active ingredients in 2019–2020

  Date：Apr. 12, 2021 Category：Regulations

  In 2019–2020, 12 new active ingredients were registered for use in Canada, resulting in the registration of 25 new related end-use products. Of the 12 new acti...

  Tags:Registration

• Health Canada: Gene-edited crops are safe

  Date：Apr. 8, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Health Canada has declared that gene-edited crops are safe. Health Canada launched a public consultation for the Proposed new guidance for Novel Food Regulation...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• U.S. Congressman introduces Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act

  Date：Apr. 8, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Congressman John Garamendi introduced a bill last week that would significantly increase funding for pesticide safety and farmworker outreach programs.

• Argentina SENASA considering to ban chlorpyrifos

  Date：Apr. 7, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Amid the arduous debates about the use and abuse of agrochemicals in agricultural production in the country, the Argentina Agrifood Health and Quality Service (...

  Tags:BanInsecticidesChlorpyrifos

• Canada to limit uses of two crop chemicals on concerns about water insects

  Date：Apr. 7, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Health Canada’s multi-year review of clothianidin, made by Bayer AG, and thiamethoxam, a Syngenta Corp product, found that some applications pose risks to the ...

  Tags:Insecticides

• Biostimulants and biopesticides regulatory landscape in light of Regulation (EU) No 2019/1009

  Date：Apr. 7, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Claudio Mereu

  On the 25 June 2019, the EU adopted Regulation (EU) No 2019/1009, i.e., the new EU Fertilising Products Regulation. The current legal framework applicable to fe...

• Australia: Emergency use permit ups fall armyworm fight

  Date：Apr. 2, 2021 Category：Regulations

  AgBiTech Pty Ltd

  The Queensland Government has welcomed the emergency use approval of a biopesticide to combat fall armyworm (FAW).

• Canada to approve VNT Selective Herbicide

  Date：Apr. 1, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is proposing registration for the sale and use o...

  Tags:RegistrationHerbicides

• US EPA releases final biological evaluations of carbaryl and methomyl’s impacts on endangered species

  Date：Apr. 1, 2021 Category：Regulations

  After carefully considering public comments on the draft biological evaluations (BEs) for carbaryl and methomyl, EPA is releasing its final BEs, which find that...

  Tags:Insecticides

• Canada - Proposed new guidance pieces for the Novel Foods Regulation, focused on plant breeding

  Date：Mar. 29, 2021 Category：Regulations

  This provides a summary of the two new guidance pieces for the Novel Foods Regulation (Division 28, Part B, of the Food and Drug Regulations), focused on plant ...

  Tags:Seed breedingGene Editing

• U.K. may allow gene editing, first nation in Europe to do so

  Date：Mar. 23, 2021 Category：Regulations

  In the wake of Brexit, the United Kingdom is hearing from supporters and opponents of gene editing as the government considers deregulating the technology when ...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Coping with coffee leaf rust: U.S. EPA considers exemption for fungicide

  Date：Mar. 23, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The Hawaii Department of Agriculture filed request for specific exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow farms to use a fungicide – Pri...

  Tags:Fungicides

• Lawmakers consider banning Minnesota's most widely used pesticide

  Date：Mar. 23, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Minnesota lawmakers are pushing a proposal to ban chlorpyrifos, a powerful and widely used pesticide that can cause brain damage and developmental defects in ch...

  Tags:Insecticides

• Judge rules in favor of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s certification of organic hydroponic producers

  Date：Mar. 23, 2021 Category：Regulations

  A ruling issued March 19 by the U.S. District Court in San Francisco has upheld the legality of U.S. Department of Agriculture certification of organic hydropon...

• US EPA addresses ecological risks posed by four pyridines and pyrimidines herbicides

  Date：Mar. 19, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a proposed interim decision for picloram and interim decisions for clopyralid, dithiopyr and triclopy...

  Tags:Herbicides

• Brazil will raise the tax on fertilizers from 2022

  Date：Mar. 19, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The taxation on agricultural fertilizers will see a gradual increase from 2022, according to a decision by the National Council for Farm Policy (Confaz) which w...

• New South Wales, Australia lifts 18-year ban on GM crops

  Date：Mar. 18, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The Government of New South Wales, Australia will lift the ban on the use of Genetically Modified (GM) crops by allowing an 18-year moratorium to lapse, increas...

  Tags:GM crop

• EU issues negative list of co-formulants in crop protection products

  Date：Mar. 18, 2021 Category：Regulations

  On March 3, the European Commission issued the amendment Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council listing co-form...

• New scholarly briefing raises tough questions about gene editing in agriculture

  Date：Mar. 17, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The STEPS Centre, a global research and policy engagement centre, published a new briefing​ discussing the governance of genome editing applications in agricul...

  Tags:Seed breedingGene Editing