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Pesticide residues in food: what's the picture in the EU?

According to the ‘2017 European Union report on pesticide residues in food’ published by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), 95.9% of the 88,247 food product samples analysed fell within the legal limits of pesticide residues (84,627,…

Approval of the active substance florpyrauxifen-benzyl

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1138 of 3 July 2019 approving the active substance florpyrauxifen-benzyl in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of…

Austrian parliament approves total glyphosate ban

Austrian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a total ban on glyphosate , putting the country on track to becoming the first EU member to forbid all use of the controversial herbicide. Deputies voted in favour of a bill brought by the Social Democratic…

Non-renewal of approval of the active substance dimethoate

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1090 of 26 June 2019 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance dimethoate, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning…

Renewal of approval of the active substance tolclofos-methyl

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1101 of 27 June 2019 renewing the approval of the active substance tolclofos-methyl in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the…

Non-renewal of approval of the active substance desmedipham

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1100 of 27 June 2019 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance desmedipham, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning…

Uruguay increases requirements for obtaining professional approval for sale of neonicotinoides, chlorpyrifos

The General Directorate of Agricultural Services (DGSA) of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay has increased the requirements for obtaining mandatory professional approval for the sale of locally-made and imported…

Government rejects vote to ban synthetic pesticides in Switzerland

In February 2019, an initiative to ban the use of synthetic pesticides in Switzerland collected enough signatures to run a referendum entitled: For a Switzerland free of synthetic pesticides. The initiative would ban the use of all synthetic…

UK Government U-turns on deletion of ban on hormone disrupting pesticides, claims it was a ‘drafting error’

Following a legal letter from Leigh Day on behalf of CHEM Trust, the UK Government have announced that they will re-instate a ban on pesticides with endocrine (hormone) disrupting properties in their no-deal Brexit laws. The Government are…