Auxilife Newsletter

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...

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...