Australia to approve new herbicide aclonifen

Date:08-11-2020

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has before it an application for the approval of a new active constituent from Bayer Crop Science, aclonifen, for use in agricultural products as a herbicide.

Aclonifen is a selective herbicide for the control grass weeds pre-emergent in cereals.

The APVMA has evaluated the chemistry aspects of aclonifen active constituent (identification, manufacturing process, declaration of composition, quality control procedures, batch analysis results and analytical methods) and found them to be acceptable.

APVMA invites any person to submit a relevant written submission as to whether the application for approval of aclonifen should be granted. Submissions must be received by the APVMA before September 8, 2020.