Regulations

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  EFSA consults on review of guidance on pesticides and beesv

  Oct. 3, 2019

• China’s new Land Administration Law to take effect in 2020

  Sep. 30, 2019

  # China Special #

• USDA/APHIS announces availability of Petition for Deregulation of GE Cotton

  Sep. 27, 2019

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  China’s Jiangsu province plans to close 9 chemical parks and 1431 chemical companies

  Sep. 24, 2019

  # China Special #

• Russia faces threat of longer European tariffs on fertilizer

  Sep. 24, 2019

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  EU: No patents on naturally obtained plants and seeds

  Sep. 23, 2019

• EFSA opens public consultation on cumulative risk assessment of pesticides

  Sep. 19, 2019

• USDA OKs using non-native weevil on yellow starthistle

  Sep. 18, 2019

• EU Commission seeks feedback on proposed REACH SDS changes

  Sep. 18, 2019

• US EPA releases draft policy to reduce pesticide testing on birds

  Sep. 18, 2019

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  Ethiopian policymakers consider wider use of DNA fingerprinting

  Sep. 16, 2019

  CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)
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  Plans to introduce GMO crops in disarray, legislators angry after Uganda’s president rejects GMO cultivation law for second time

  Sep. 13, 2019

  # GM Crops #

• Agrochemical laws to be reviewed in Australia

  Sep. 13, 2019

• US EPA to review pesticide claims of synergistic effects of active ingredients

  Sep. 10, 2019

• Canada approved continued registration of fungicide triforine

  Sep. 6, 2019

• Maximum residue limit of Chinese pesticides increases to 7,107 items

  Sep. 5, 2019

  # China Special #
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  Germany to ban glyphosate by end of 2023

  Sep. 5, 2019

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  India: New bill likely for pesticide price control

  Sep. 4, 2019

  # India Special #

• Pune International Centre releases policy paper on agricultural reforms

  Sep. 3, 2019

  # India Special #

• NAFDAC to ban paraquat, atrazine products in Nigeria

  Sep. 3, 2019

• Argentinian Senasa extends locust phytosanitary emergency until 2021

  Sep. 2, 2019

  # Latin America Focus #

• EFSA assesses plant protection active substances containing stereoisomers

  Sep. 2, 2019

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  Rwanda to test GM potato varieties

  Sep. 2, 2019

  # GM Crops #
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  Brazil Anvisa to reassess 7 pesticides, which may be banned as per risk

  Aug. 28, 2019

  # Latin America Focus #

• US EPA proposes rule to revise pesticide crop grouping regulations for herbs and spices

  Aug. 28, 2019

• India Govt proposes new guidelines for safe use of nanotechnology in agriculture

  Aug. 26, 2019

  # India Special #

• US EPA seeks public comment on first-ever hemp pesticide applications

  Aug. 23, 2019

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  Tasmania’s GM ban stands as South Australia move largely welcomed

  Aug. 22, 2019

  # GM Crops #

• Indian Agriculture Department cracks down on dealers selling spurious farm inputs

  Aug. 21, 2019

  # India Special #
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  Interpretation of the Latest Policy of Biopesticides in China

  Aug. 19, 2019

  Shenyang Research Institute of Chemical Industry Test Co., LTD. (SYRICIT)

  # China Special ## CROs & CRAOs #