EU to ban biocide formaldehyde

Date:05-03-2013

The European Commission has announced its decision on the non-inclusion of formaldehyde (product type 20 – preservatives for food or feedstocks) under Annexes 1, 1A or 1B of the biocidal products Directive 98/8/EC.

Biocides used as feed preservatives and containing formaldehyde will be banned from 1 July 2015.