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This week, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for glyphosate, dicamba, potassium bicarbonate, thiodicarb, ethiprole, lufenuron, carboxin, thiram, chlorothalonil, trifluralin, cyproconazole, glufosinate, and fipronil (links in Portuguese).

Updated MRLs from these amendments will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by October 14, 2019.

On October 23, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for mancozeb, cyproconazole, and gibberellic acid (links in Portuguese).

Comments are due by December 21, 2019. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on October 24, 2019.

On October 4, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for clodinafop-propargyl, carbendazim, flutriafol, saflufenacil, trinexapac-ethyl, citrus sinensis essential oil, clethodim, imazethapyr, flumioxazin, Telonomus podisi, Hirsutella thompsonii, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, acibenzolar-S-methyl and fluazinam (links in Portuguese).

Updated MRLs from these amendments will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on October 10, 2019.

On September 19, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for prohexadione calcium, quizalofop-P-ethyl, teflubenzuron, flupyradifurone, and alpha cypermethrin (link in Portuguese).

Updated MRLs from these amendments will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on September 20, 2019.

On September 18, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for ethiprole, fipronil, trifluralin, fenpropathrin, epoxiconazole, spiromesifen, kinetin, gibberellic acid, indolylbutyric acid, and fluensulfone (links in Portuguese).

Comments are due by November 4, 2019. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on September 19, 2019.

On August 28, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for ethiprole, thiodicarb, potassium bicarbonate, dicamba, glyphosate, trifluralin, chlorothalonil, thiram, carboxin, lufenuron, fipronil, glufosinate, and cyproconazole (links in Portuguese). 

Comments are due by October 26, 2019. Proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 29, 2019. 

On August 26, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for fludioxonil, cyprodinil, fluxapyroxad, and pyraclostrobin (link in Portuguese).

Updated MRLs from these amendments will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 28, 2019. 

On August 14, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a food additive proposal concerning various food additives. The draft amendment is available in Portuguese. Comments are due by October 4, 2019.

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

On August 5, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for fluopyram, dinotefuran, laminarin, bifenthrin, pyriproxyfen, acetamiprid, etofenprox, atrazine, and mesotrione (links in Portuguese).

Updated MRLs from these amendments will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 13, 2019. 

On July 31, Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for pyriproxyfen, trifloxystrobin, clodinafop-propargyl, carbendazim, flutriafol, acibenzolar-S-methyl, fluazinam, saflufenacil, trinexapac-ethyl, tebuconazole, citrus sinensis essential oil, clethodim, imazethapyr, flumioxazin, Telonomus podisi, Hirsutella thompsonii, and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (links in Portuguese).

Comments on these proposed revisions must be received by September 30, 2019. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 2, 2019.