Germany to ban glyphosate by end of 2023

Germany will begin phasing out the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate from next year and completely ban it from 2023 as part of measures rolled out by the country’s environment ministry on Wednesday to protect insects. In July,…

World coffee production reaches 174.5 million bags in 2018-19

World coffee production in the 2018-2019 season reached 174.5 million bags weighing 60 kilograms, with Arabica coffee totalling 104 million bags, or 60% of the total number while Robusta coffee accounted for 70.5 million, equivalent to 40%. This…

Glyphosate production in China to decrease by 43%

After the recent completion of environmental compliance inspections related to phosphorous conducted in seven provinces in the Yangtze Economic Zone, 276 manufacturers were discovered to have non-compliance issues and are facing corrective actions…

New methodology defines pesticide reevaluation

Anvisa released on Monday (26/8), the first list of active ingredients of pesticides that will have toxicological reevaluation based on its own methodology. The list was established on the basis of risk criteria for human health, especially…

EFSA assesses plant protection active substances containing stereoisomers

In October 2016, the European Commission sent a request to European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to produce an EFSA guidance that addresses appropriate practice for completing risk assessments for active substances of plant protection products…

Argentinian Senasa extends locust phytosanitary emergency until 2021

The National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) of Argentina published in the Official Gazette the resolution 1,033 / 2019, which extends the phytosanitary emergency over the locust plague, commonly known as South American locust…

Brazil Anvisa conducts toxicological review of over 1,900 approved agrochemicals

Some 1,924 agrochemicals had their toxicological reclassification done this week. The Brazilian national health surveillance agency (Anvisa) once again classified the products already registered in Brazil because of the new regulatory framework…

Tunisia confirms the presence of the fungus that causes black spot

The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) has issued an alert confirming that the Tunisian authorities have officially declared an area infected with Phyllosticta citricarpa, the fungus that causes black spot. We are…

US EPA: Newly available data to be incorporated into pyrethroid proposed interim decisions

Based on a thorough review of recent data, the U.S. EPA concluded that there are reliable data to support reducing the current threefold (3X) Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) safety factor for pyrethroids to 1X, and that margin will be safe…