The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has formally developed an Anvisa Risk Assessment Portal, which is a specialized online site for the risk assessment of pesticide exposure, which is a significant step toward improving rural public health and regulatory transparency. The initiative’s aim is to give operators, rural workers, communities, and bystanders who interact with or live […]
New Requirements for – Denmark pesticide spraying records 2026 On January 1, 2026, the revised Executive Order on Spraying Records and related regulations will take effect. The existing regulations requiring professional pesticide users to maintain a spraying log and submit spraying log data to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency will be modified as of January 1, 2026. The Executive Order on […]
South Africa Terbufos Ban: Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has formally issued a notice of intent to ban the use, sale, and purchase of the very hazardous agricultural pesticide Terbufos in an effort to safeguard human health and safety. On December 31, 2025, the prohibition is scheduled to go into full effect on December 31, […]
A significant step forward in the preservation of bee health and biodiversity has been announced with the launch of the B-risk for biocides online tool. This new resource is intended to assist businesses, scientists, and authorities in evaluating the hazards that biocidal agents represent to bees. It was created as a joint effort under the “one substance, […]
The Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIB&RC) of the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage (DPPQS) has released a public notice about the Republic of Lebanon’s ban on the registration and import of pesticides that contain the active ingredient Oxamyl. Key Announcement – India’s CIB&RC Alerts Stakeholders on Lebanon’s Oxamyl Ban The notice […]
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has announced amended timetables for the final judgments on three major chemical reconsiderations, postponing two until 2026. Anticoagulant Rodenticides Decision Expected by Year’s End APVMA updates timelines for key chemical reconsideration decisions on anticoagulant rodenticides is now scheduled for release before the end of the year. This […]
In a precautionary decision, APVMA suspends dimethoate use on berries, announcing that products containing dimethoate can no longer be used on blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries. The final decision of is a precautionary step based on revised dietary exposure data and comes after a public comment session that ended on September 2, 2025. Key Reason for […]
According to Tukes, airborne surface disinfection authorisation should be done when a biocidal product on the market complies with the Biocidal Products Regulation. This disinfection procedure is used to treat all of the surfaces in a room or other confined space at once. The disinfectant, which is often hydrogen peroxide, is automatically delivered to the […]
According to the European Commission’s new REACH Fee Regulation, micro, small, and medium-sized firms (SMEs) seeking lower costs for their REACH applications will soon be forced to go through an ex-ante company size validation process. This substantial shift requires that SMEs apply for business size validation at least two months before submitting their REACH registration […]
The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) have announced considerable changes to the criteria and circumstances for issuing experimental activity licenses for plant protection products. Tukes Updates Experimental Licence Terms went into effect in October 2025. These revisions are intended to improve health and environmental protection while making the permit application process more transparent to […]