Glyphosate

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EFSA published a summary of the EU-wide assessment and peer review of glyphosate

Yesterday the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a summary of the EU-wide assessment and peer review of the active substance glyphosate. No critical areas of concern for human health, animal health and the environment were identified,…

Extension of the approval period of the active substance glyphosate

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2364 of 2 December 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval period of the active substance glyphosate (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN…

Supply chain issues to continue in 2022

1.Block your purchases in advance. Stephen Pearce, director of AWP Associates and strategic sourcing expert, said, "From a buying perspective, what we've been advising our clients to do is to think about their sales and operations processes…

Germany approves law to ban glyphosate as of 2024

Farmers in Germany will have to start reducing the use of the active substance glyphosate and stop using it completely from 2024 to preserve clean insect habitats, according to draft legislation approved by the country's cabinet. "The exit…

US EPA extends comment period for preliminary biological evaluation of glyphosate

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period on the draft biological evaluation of glyphosate to allow more time for review and comment by interested parties. This current comment period closed on January 26,…

Glyphosate license extended in the UK for 5 years

Darren Fly, head of active substance supply at the Chemical Regulation Division (CRD), stated at the British Crop Production Council (BCPC) virtual congress that all active substances expiring between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2023 would…

Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate

Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product. Acknowledging…

Luxembourg, the first EU country to ban glyphosate

The pesticide glyphosate, which is suspected of causing cancer, will begin to be partially banned in Luxembourg next February, a ban that will be completed by the end of the year and will make the country the first in the European Union (EU)…

Despite plans to ban glyphosate, its sales in France increase by 10%

Despite France’s campaign against glyphosate and a plan to ban it in a majority of agricultural practices by the end of 2020, the sale of the world’s most commonly used weedkiller in the country soared by 10% in 2018. Furthermore, the…