The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has published a notice of reconsideration to expand the scope of its review of fipronil, a broad-spectrum insecticide used in agricultural crops and urban situations to control a range of pests, such as cockroaches and termites, and for the control of fleas and ticks in cats and dogs. This expanded […]
The European Commission announced [September 27] that imports of products containing residues of harmful insecticides known as neonicotinoids will be banned from 2026, in a move that adds a serious amount of global political heft to the Farm to Fork strategy. What’s this about? The ban will cover clothianidin and thiamethoxam, two insecticides known to […]
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/1480 of 7 September 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances 2-phenylphenol (including its salts such as the sodium salt), 8-hydroxyquinoline, amidosulfuron, bensulfuron, bifenox, chlormequat, chlorotoluron, clofentezine, clomazone, daminozide, deltamethrin, dicamba, difenoconazole, diflufenican, dimethachlor, esfenvalerate, etofenprox, fenoxaprop-P, fenpropidin, fenpyrazamine, […]
The two firms, which specialize in M&A, provided financial & legal advice to Trichodex on the transaction. Dextra International & Grant Thornton have been constantly working together since 2019 on M&A transactions for the agribusiness Industry. Trichodex brings to Grupo Fertiberia its pioneering technology in innovative biofertilizers, biostimulants and bioprotection products, which it exports to […]
Alerta roja entre los productores de frutos rojos en el suroeste de España. La Unión Europea ha prohibido el uso de fitosanitarios en el campo y, frente a lo que han hecho otros países, como Portugal, Italia o Grecia, que han establecido una serie de excepciones, aquí el Gobierno no ha tomado ninguna medida al respecto. […]
El cambio climático y la degradación del medio ambiente son una amenaza existencial a la que se enfrentan Europa y el resto del mundo. Para superar estos retos, Europa necesita una nueva estrategia de crecimiento que transforme la Unión en una economía moderna, eficiente en el uso de los recursos y competitiva, donde: hayan dejado […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has published a final rule to revise the regulations in Title 7 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 330 that govern the movement of plant pests. The final rule aligns plant pest regulations with current APHIS policies, removes obsolete […]
A proposed law to speed up approvals of new pesticides in Brazil that has drawn criticism from environmentalists is unlikely to gain congressional approval before next year, an agriculture ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday. Approval of a new pesticide can take three to eight years or longer in Brazil, far longer than in the […]
A ruling on the interpretation of EU law concerning the genetic modification of plants is expected from the European Court of Justice at the end of July. The Opinion of Advocate General Bobek, often a good indication of the final ruling, implies that European countries may be given the opportunity to adopt their own national […]