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Epoxiconazole withdrawn and pencycuron banned in the EU and UK

Regulatory action in the EU and UK means the clock is ticking on authorisations for the important cereals fungicide epoxiconazole, and use of the seed potato fungicide pencycuron is now banned. Epoxiconazole is one of the most widely used…

EFSA reveals data on pesticide residues in food in EU

Reasons for non-compliances include use of non‐EU‐approved pesticides, contamination from previous uses so residues come from the soil and substances no longer used as pesticides but that are persistent in the environment. Table grapes…

EU: Production and movement of seed under coronavirus restrictions

The European Commission clarified that the production and transport of agricultural inputs such as plant reproductive material is included in the list of essential goods and services to which the so-called “green lane” procedures at borders…

Extension of the approval periods of the active substances Regulation (EU) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020

  Extension of the approval periods of the active substances Regulation (EU) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020 abamectin, Bacillus subtilis (Cohn 1872) strain QST 713, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Aizawai strains ABTS-1857 and GC-91, Bacillus…

Regulations Europe to debate ban on mancozeb

The EU's Standing Committee on Vegetables, Animals, Food and Feed plans to meet on March 23 and 24 to decide if they continue to authorize the use of mancozeb, the seventh most widely used pesticide in Spain. Mancozeb is a fungicide that…

Calls for Mayor of London to ban pesticides

The Mayor of London should ban pesticide use on all City Hall controlled property, according to the Green Party UK. The devastation wreaked by chemical pesticides can clearly be seen at a London nature reserve, Seething Wells Filter Beds,…

Mancozeb and other 9 active substances extended approval periods in EU

On December 9, 2019, the European Commission published the Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2094 of 29 November 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances…

EU denies India’s charge that its pesticide limits create non-tariff barriers

The EU has brushed aside charges made by countries including India at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against its extremely low maximum residue level (MRL) limits for pesticides in food products. The low MRL limits are alleged to create non-tariff…

The European Commission publishes a draft list of 90 unacceptable co-formulants in agrochemicals

On the 15th of January 2020, the EU draft regulation implementing the list of co-formulants which may not be used in plant protection products or adjuvants (Annex III of Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009) was published. This draft will probably…