Auxilife Newsletter

The Unified System of Information, Petition and Electronic Evaluation (Sispa) – Digital System for Brazilian Pesticide Registration has been formally introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa). The Brazilian pesticide and related product registration procedure is centralized, updated, and streamlined via the new...

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China bans four highly toxic pesticides and it has declared a comprehensive ban on four extremely dangerous pesticides in an effort to preserve human and animal health, assure the quality and safety of agricultural products, and protect the...

BIS Update 2026: Scheme-I Licence Validity Extended to 5 Years: The BIS (Conformity Assessment) Amendment Regulations, 2026 released by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). To make conducting business in India easier, this regulation reform changes Scheme-I licenses (including the ISI Mark) from short-term cycles...

Regulation (EU) 2026/1165, passed by the EU, extends data protection for certain biocidal active chemicals (pesticides, preservatives, and disinfectants) until December 31, 2030. Reason for Extension The new legislation, which was signed into law on May 20, 2026, by Council President Nicolas Ioannides and European...

Three synthetic pyrethroid insecticides, Bioresmethrin, Cyhalothrin, and Fenvalerate as well as any goods containing them are immediately prohibited by by New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). These compounds are extremely harmful to aquatic habitats and pose serious risks to human health, according to a formal...

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved extensive changes to Cabinet Regulation No. 506, “Regulations regarding the Identification, Quality Conformity Assessment and Marketing of Fertilizers and Substrates,” in a significant effort to reduce red tape for agricultural enterprises. The new rules of Latvia fertilizer and substrate...

COFEPRIS, Mexico’s health authority, has announced a huge regulatory overhaul aimed at reducing red tape in the pesticide and fertilizer industries. The 50-page legislation of Mexico agrochemical rules update fundamentally modernizes how agricultural inputs are registered, updated, and exported, converting a historically slow bureaucratic system...

Stricter permission requirements have been issued by the Dutch Board for the permission of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (CTGB) for PT 19 repellents, which include lotions and sprays used on human skin to repel mosquitoes, ticks, and biting midges. These updated regulations, which were...

The New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is currently upgrading its quantitative risk assessment approach for hazardous material release applications. New Zealand EPA hazardous substances risk assessment upgrade, which is based on results from recent regulatory assessments such as the Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory...