Auxilife Newsletter

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...

Chemical data management has reached a major turning point as IUCLID 6 v10.0.0 is Redefining Regulatory Submissions. Now publicly available for download, the most recent major version of IUCLID, v10.0.0, offers a full package of format upgrades and improvements intended to simplify regulatory compliance worldwide...

The “over-the-top” (OTT) use of the pesticide dicamba for the next two growing seasons has received a high-stakes, time-limited approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Although the EPA’s Toughest Dicamba Rules for 2026-2027 gives farmers a crucial weapon against “super weeds,” it is...

CDSCO Prior Intimation System: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has implemented a new Prior Intimation System for Form CT-05 applications, which will take effect on April, 2026. Following Gazette Notification G.S.R. 50(E), certain export-related applications are being transitioned from a prior-approval model to...

The agrochemical industry has started a bold project called “Taming the toxic: New push to clean up Kenya’s farm chemical crisis,” which is a significant step toward reforming Kenya’s agricultural safety regulations. The Agrochemicals Association of Kenya (AAK) and Mazao na Afya signed a new...

In a significant step toward reducing red tape for the trans-Tasman primary sector, Australian and New Zealand regulators have officially established a trans-Tasman joint agrochemical registration program that allows for the joint registration of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medications. New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) and...

The Secretariat of the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIB&RC) has announced a substantial improvement to India’s pesticide registration process. In a public notification posted today, the directorate acknowledged the launch of a new module within the Comprehensive Registration of Pesticide (CROP) Portal intended...

The Federal Environmental Inspectorate formally switched to a required digital reporting system for all soil disinfection operations as of March 2026. Soil disinfection reporting: Notifications from exporters and operators must now only be submitted via the official Fumigation Database. With this action, the Royal Decree...