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Brazilian growers unhappy with new legislation on agrochemicals
Aug. 2, 2017
Changes in the legislation proposed by the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) could eliminate 56 active principles in agrochemicals — widely used by the Brazilian farmers — from the market. The changes are being questioned by the Association of Corn and Soybean Growers of Mato Grosso.
“It would be a big setback. We are talking about a drastic impact on the agricultural production in Brazil. We would be on the wrong side of international agreements, including the ones that Brazil is signatory to, such as the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. Besides this, we would be against the laws that regulate agrochemicals in countries that are also agricultural economies, such as Australia, United States and some countries of Europe,” affirmed Roseli Giachini, coordinator of Commission on Agricultural Protection of the association.
Through public consultations 260, 261 and 262, Anvisa made the changes in the requirements for the toxicological evaluation, the toxicological information for packages and the criteria for the toxicological classification of agrochemicals.
According to the growers’ association, Anvisa proposes to restrict active principles based on the toxicological classification, even before the risk evaluation of the product is done. “It is important to highlight that risk evaluation is a tool adopted in several countries; most compete with Brazil for the export of agricultural commodities,” Giachini, a doctor on phytopathology, remarked.
The Association of Soybean Growers supported an executive order that changed the evaluation method for the approval of new substances. The order seeks to insert in Law No. 1802/1989 the concept of risk analysis as a determinant factor for permission to new active principles.
The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply, Blairo Maggi, has already expressed his approval for the order. “The idea is to have a model based on risks and that Anvisa and Ibama agree and take decisions quickly. We want to speed up the procedures.”
The changes proposed by Anvisa, however, do not affect the big producers. According to a study by Blink Strategic Projects, forwarded by the National Union of the Crop Protection Products Industry, the restriction of active ingredients would affect nearly 100 agricultural cultures, such as fruits, vegetables, forest, ornamentals and grains.
Source: AgroNews
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