News & Insights

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published Decisions on amending the GB MRLs for benzovindiflupyr in or on spring onions and leeks and metalaxyl-M in or on oil palms fruits and peppercorn.

Amended MRLs from these Decisions will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on September 1, 2022. 

On August 30, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1435 amending MRLs for calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide, cyprodinil, and potassium hydrogen carbonate.

Relevant Pending MRL changes will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 31, 2022.

On August 23, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) published APVMA Gazette No. 17, 23 August 2022 proposing and amending MRLs for various active ingredients.

Relevant proposed and amended MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by August 31, 2022.

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) recently posted Food Safety Update 0810 No.1, August 10, 2022 (in Japanese) affecting numerous active ingredients. 

Relevant MRL changes will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 25, 2022. 

Recently, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published the following amendments to the monographs for several active ingredients (links in Portuguese):

Instrução Normativa In Nº 176, de 12 de Agosto de 2022

Instrução Normativa In Nº 167, de 12 de Agosto de 2022

Instrução Normativa In Nº 178, de 15 de Agosto de 2022

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by August 26, 2022.

On August 18, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1406 amending MRLs for methoxyfenozide, propoxur, spinosad and thiram.

Relevant Pending MRL changes will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 19, 2022.

On August 12, Brazil's Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) notified the WTO of an amendment to their vet drug regulations.

Relevant MRLs from this amendment are currently available in the BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database. The MRLs are effective September 1, 2022.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published a Decision on amending the GB MRLs for 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene in products of animal origin.

Amended MRLs from this Decision will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 16, 2022. 

On August 5, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) notified the WTO of adopted MRLs for topramezone, pyraclostrobin, and fluopyram.

Amended MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 10, 2022.

On August 5, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1363 amending MRLs for 2,4-D, azoxystrobin, cyhalofop-butyl, cymoxanil, fenhexamid, flazasulfuron, florasulam, fluroxypyr, iprovalicarb, and silthiofam.

Amended MRLs will be effective from February 25, 2023. Relevant Pending MRL changes will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 9, 2022.