Australia to cancel herbicide molinate registrations

Date:01-22-2014

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority(APVMA) has recently proposed to cancel the herbicide molinate. The cancellations include all active constituent approvals, all product registrations and all product label approvals on the basis that products containing molinate, based on human health and environment concerns. The agency has released the Molinate Preliminary Review Findings and has opened the public comments until 6 April 2014.

Molinate (ethyl N, N’-hexamethylenethiolocarbamate) is a pre and post-emergent, systemic thiocarbamate herbicide used exclusively in rice growing for the control of barnyard grasses (Echinochloa spp.) and silver top or brown beetle grass (Diplachne fusca).