News & Insights

On July 28, the U.S. EPA established a tolerance for residues of fludioxonil in banana.

Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 27, 2021. Relevant MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 29, 2021.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published Decisions on amending GB MRLs for prohexadione and glyphosate in certain commodities.

Amended MRLs from these Decisions will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 23, 2021.

On July 19, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for cypermethrin and cyfluthrin (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 20, 2021.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published its Decision on the GB MRLs for dimethoate and omethoate, following the non-approval of dimethoate.

Pending MRL changes from the Decision will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 17, 2021.

On July 13, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) published APVMA Gazette No. 14, 13 July 2021. Pages 21-22 of the gazette list draft MRLs and pages 27-31 list amendments to MRLs for pesticides in or on various commodities.

Relevant proposed and amended MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on February 25, 2021.

On July 13, the U.S. EPA established a tolerance for residues of fluxapyroxad in certain commodities.

Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 13, 2021. Relevant MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 14, 2021.

Recently, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for clethodim, metiram, glyphosate, trifloxystrobin, trinexapac-ethyl, acibenzolar-s-methyl, and sulfentrazone (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 13, 2021.

On July 7, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1110 amending MRLs for ametoctradin, bixafen, fenazaquin, spinetoram, tefluthrin, and thiencarbazone-methyl in or on certain products.

Amended MRLs will be effective from January 27, 2022. Relevant Pending MRL changes will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 8, 2021.

On July 6, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1098 amending MRLs for 24-epibrassinolide, Allium cepa L. bulb extract, cyflumetofen, fludioxonil, fluroxypyr, sodium 5-nitroguaiacolate, sodium o-nitrophenolate, and sodium p-nitrophenolate.

Amended MRLs will be effective from July 26, 2021. Relevant pending MRL changes will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 7, 2021.

On June 29, Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) published Notice No. 2021-54 (link in Korean) revising their food regulations, including numerous pesticide MRL changes. Most MRL changes from this amendment are effective June 29, 2021. MRLs for certain commodities and active ingredients will be effective September 1, 2021.

MRL changes from this amendment will appear in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database in the coming week.