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On July 1, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a food additive amendment  (in Portuguese). The amendment is effective from July 1, 2020.

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

On July 1, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for fluazinam, propiconazole, pyriproxyfen, famoxadone, lambda-cyhalothrin, flutriafol, acetamiprid, spinetoram, teflubenzuron, chlorantraniliprole, fluquinconazole, saccharomyces cerevisiae, dinotefuran, flupyradifurone, atrazine, mesotrione, diafenthiuron, quizalofop-P-ethyl, glyphosate, cymoxanil, tebuconazole, fenpropathrin, methomyl, allium sativum, tebuthiuron, fipronil, pirimiphos-methyl, novaluron, copper hydroxide, and oxyfluorfen (links in Portuguese).

Comments are due by August 29, 2020. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on July 2, 2020.

On June 22, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for thiamethoxam, picoxystrobin, florpyrauxifen-benzyl, and deltamethrin (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on June 23, 2020.

On June 8, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for imazethapyr, deltamethrin, boscalid, baculovirus spodoptera frugiperda, picloram, pendimethalin, thiamethoxam, lufenuron, and paclobutrazole (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on June 9, 2020.

On May 18, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for aminopyralid, cyantraniliprole, difenoconazole, MCPA, and picoxystrobin (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on May 20, 2020.

On May 6, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for azoxystrobin, dimethomorph, dicamba, prohexadione-calcium, chlorothalonil, fluazinam, fenoxaprop-P, haloxyfop-P-methyl, nicosulfuron, flubendiamide, flumioxazin, indoxacarb, tebuconazole, trifloxystrobin, flupyradifurone, kresoxim-methyl, pyraflufen, Chrysoperla externa, Sophora flavescens, abamectin, methidathion, ethephon, bifenthrin, acetamiprid and folpet (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments are available now in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database.

On April 8, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for thiamethoxam, florpyrauxifen-benzyl, picoxystrobin, and deltamethrin (links in Portuguese).

Comments are due by June 6, 2020. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on April 9, 2020

On April 1, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for imazethapyr, deltamethrin, abamectin, boscalid, baculovirus spodoptera frugiperda, picloram, pendimethalin, thiamethoxam, lufenuron, paclobutrazole, pyroxasulfone, aviglycine, butralin, disulfoton, flufenpyr, ioxynil octanoate, tetradifon, and phenothiol. (links in Portuguese).

Comments are due by May 30, 2020. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on April 3, 2020.

On April 1, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a proposed food additive amendment. The draft amendment is available in Portuguese. Comments are due by May 22, 2020.

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 March 11, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for MCPA, picoxystrobin, aminopyralid, difenoconazole, and cyantraniliprole (links in Portuguese). 

Comments are due by May 9, 2020. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on March 12, 2020.