News & Insights

On March 23, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) proposed MRLs for rimsulfuron and dichlobenil.

Comments are due by June 6, 2021. The proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on March 24, 2021.

On March 23, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) published APVMA Gazette No. 6, 23 March 2021. Pages 20-23 of the gazette list draft MRLs for pesticides in or on various commodities.

Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database  on March 24, 2021.

On March 22, the U.S. EPA announced the receipt of pesticide petitions to establish or modify MRLs for several active ingredients.

Comments must be received by April 21, 2021. Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on March 23, 2021.

On March 22, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published reasoned opinions for phenmedipham and cyproconazole. 

Proposed MRLs from these reasoned opinions will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on March 23, 2021.

On March 19, the European Medicines Agency published a summary opinion proposing MRLs for bambermycin in poultry.

Relevant proposed MRLs will appear in the BCGlobal Vet Drug Database March 23, 2021.

BCI’s Market Development business unit works closely with the California cherry industry on their international market development program. As a part of these efforts, Shelby Sackett on our team is overseeing the development of new photography and videography assets to be used in California cherry international market development collateral and promotion.

To kick off the project, Shelby (BCI Market Development Assistant) and Sarah (BCI Market Development Director) took a trip down to Linden, California on Wednesday to oversee a photo and video shoot of California cherry orchards in bloom. Bloom in the Linden area is coming along very nicely, and bees were hard at work in the orchards, pollinating this year’s crop.

The next phase of this project will include more photography and videography both in the packing house and in the fields during the harvest, which is expected to begin in late April.

Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently notified the WTO of adopted MRLs for afidopyropen, azoxystrobin, difenoconazole, ethaboxam, ethalfluralin, fluroxypyr-meptyl, and pydiflumetofen.

Relevant amended MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on March 19, 2021.

On March 17, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for amicarbazone, pyroxasulfone, isoxaflutol, lufenuron, Sophora flavescens, Neochrysocharis formosa, bifenthrin, methomyl, ametryn, and S-metolachlor (links in Portuguese).

Comments are due by May 15, 2021. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on March 18, 2021.

On March 17, Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration adopted an amendment (in Chinese) to the Standards for Specification, Scope, Application and Limitation of Food Additives.

Taiwan's food additive regulations are included in the BCGlobal Food Additive Database. If you are interested in subscribing, please contact BCI for more information.

Recently, Japan's National Tax Agency published an amendment (in Japanese) to the list of substances that can be used for preservation of alcoholic beverages.

The BCGlobal Food Additive Database, which includes Japan's food additive regulations, has been updated to reflect all relevant changes. If you are interested in subscribing, please contact BCI for more information.