Regulations

• Mexico nixes new GMO corn permit for first time, farm lobby says

  Oct. 11, 2021

  # Latin America Focus #

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) calls for comment on changing definitions for genetically modified foods

  Oct. 8, 2021

  # GM Crops #

• US EPA announces updates on its efforts to address PFAS in pesticide packaging

  Oct. 5, 2021

• Switzerland extends its GMO moratorium, explicitly covering gene-edited GM plants

  Oct. 5, 2021

• England: Eustice goes ahead with unpopular plan to dismantle GM safeguards

  Oct. 4, 2021

• China is expected to stop phosphate exports, food production prices will rise

  Oct. 4, 2021

  # China Special #

• Nothing will stop ban on use of glyphosate, insists Greenpeace

  Oct. 4, 2021

  # Latin America Focus ## Non-selective Herbicides #

• New molecule registration system is evolving fast in India

  Oct. 1, 2021

  # India Special #

• New report warns of potential for $48 billion loss in Canadian farm income if fertilizer reductions are required of growers

  Sep. 30, 2021

• Argentina prohibits pesticides based on Ethyl Chlorpyrifos and Methyl Chlorpyrifos

  Sep. 30, 2021

  # Latin America Focus #

• United Kingdom - Plans to unlock power of gene editing unveiled

  Sep. 30, 2021

  # Gene Editing #

• Feedback request on EU policy roadmap: "Legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques"

  Sep. 28, 2021

• Scientists develop organic cure for Pierce’s Disease

  Sep. 27, 2021

  # Organic Farming #

• US: Lawsuit challenges EPA approval of deadly pesticide for 15 more years

  Sep. 27, 2021

  # Non-selective Herbicides #

• India: Industry needs to clear negative perception about use of agrochemicals, says Khuba

  Sep. 27, 2021

  FICCI （Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry）

  # India Special #
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  ACFI urges Govt to relook into Pesticide Management Bill

  Sep. 27, 2021

  Agro Chem Federation of India(ACFI)

  # India Special #
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  Glyphosate: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launch consultations

  Sep. 24, 2021

  European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

  # Non-selective Herbicides #
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  India: CCFI urges govt to include agrochemicals under PLI scheme

  Sep. 24, 2021

  Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI)

  # India Special #
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  USA - New York Assembly considers limiting a pesticide linked to bee deaths

  Sep. 23, 2021

• USDA/APHIS deregulates corn developed using genetic engineering

  Sep. 23, 2021

  # Gene Editing #

• U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture invests $30M to help boost organic farming and ranching

  Sep. 17, 2021

  # Organic Farming #
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  Prothioconazole included in China’s import, export pesticide catalogue, benefiting legitimate prothioconazole registration owners in China

  Sep. 7, 2021

  # China Special #

• Argentina proposes new legislation to develop local biological inputs industry

  Sep. 1, 2021

  # Latin America Focus #

• USDA/APHIS seeks comments on a draft pest risk assessment for Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) seed infected with Diaporthe (anamorph Phomopsis)

  Aug. 31, 2021

• Argentina bans 2,4-D and applies sanctions against those who break law

  Aug. 31, 2021

  # Latin America Focus #

• Regulatory pathway for pesticide registration in Myanmar

  Aug. 30, 2021

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  Ukraine - Developments of state control in the field of GMO use

  Aug. 30, 2021

  # GM Crops #

• US grower groups disappointed neonic draft BE does not reflect actual product use

  Aug. 27, 2021

• USDA/APHIS posts new Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program report

  Aug. 27, 2021

• Sri Lanka fertilizer ban too sudden, fraught with uncertainty, farmers unprepared

  Aug. 27, 2021