About webinar: Join us for an insightful webinar designed to shed light on the regulatory landscape and processes for agricultural inputs, including bio-stimulants and pesticides, in India. With recent regulatory updates and evolving market dynamics, this session will provide a comprehensive guide to ensuring compliance and leveraging opportunities for successful product registration and export. Key […]
New requirements for storing mixed and concentrated pesticide spray solutions in smaller containers have effect from January, 2025. These updated pesticide storage regulations to the Pesticides Executive Order introduced stricter labelling and storage rules, impacting a variety of industries, including horticulture and agriculture. The new standards concern the safe handling and storage of spray liquids […]
The EU’s Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation now includes 40 additional chemicals, 35 of which are pesticides and 5 are industrial chemicals. 40 Hazardous chemicals added to EU export control list implies that companies must inform authorities before exporting these substances effective from the beginning, March 1st, 2025. 40 Hazardous Chemicals Added to EU Export […]
The European Union Council formally adopted a new legislation aimed at substantially decreasing packaging waste and encouraging re-use throughout the union, marking a huge step towards a more sustainable future. The all-encompassing law on EU packaging recycling targets requires companies to reduce packaging usage throughout its lifespan, limits single-use plastics, and establishes challenging goals for […]
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) has revised its pesticide evaluation guides for mutagenicity, carcinogenesis, neurotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity. These Anvisa updated pesticide guidelines instructions are critical resources for assessing the toxicological concerns related with pesticides. They provide recommended practices and methodology for analysing diverse outcomes, ensuring a rigorous and thorough review process throughout product […]
European Union has taken an important step towards improving the safety and transparency of plant protection products with the updated Regulation (EU) No 547/2011. With the updating of Regulation (EU) No 547/2011, this project intends to harmonise labelling standards, improve risk communication to end users, and ensure the application of strong safety safeguards and sustainability. […]
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released the Revised Emission Scenario Document for Product Type 18 (PT18) in December 2024. This substantial update to the 2008 OECD ESD PT18 offers critical enhancements for the environmental risk assessment of pesticides, in line with the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR). Background: Directive 98/8/EC was superseded by the BPR, which […]
The European Union (EU) has decided to revoke clearance for the herbicide metribuzin due to concerns about its possible effects on human health and the environment. Decision of Metribuzin Withdrawal in the EU comes after the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) study, which highlighted the substance’s endocrine disruptive effects and possible hazards to bees. As […]
A new requirement for the submission of certified reference materials (CRMs) as part of the ISO 17034 Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) for Pest Control Product Registration procedure is being implemented by the Pest Control Product Board (PCPB). With immediate effect, manufacturers certified by ISO/IEC 17034 must be the source of all submitted CRMs. In order […]
The use of pesticides based on abamectin and thiamethoxam in open fields is strictly prohibited by a regulation issued by the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB). In order to protect pollinators and maintain environmental sustainability, the Board made this decision of allowing restriction on Thiamethoxam and Abamectin during its 178th meeting on November 28, 2024. […]