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On May 17, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a draft amendment (link in Portuguese) proposing to revise monographs for numerous active ingredients.

Comments are due by July 16, 2022. Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on May 24, 2022.

On May 4, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published an amendment (in Portuguese) removing monographs for numerous active ingredients.

Relevant revoked MRLs will be reflected in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on May 12, 2022.

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

Instrução Normativa In Nº 141, de 29 de Abril de 2022: azoxystrobin, carbendazim, zeta-cypermethrin, beta-cyfluthrin, deltamethrin, spiromesifen, aluminum phosphide, fluxapyroxad, flupyradifurone, glufosinate-ammonium, imazapyr, imidacloprid, indaziflam, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, pyraclostrobin, picoxystrobin, tebuconazole, trifloxystrobin

Instrução Normativa In Nº 146, de 29 de Abril de 2022: acetamiprid, atrazine, bifenthrin, benzovindiflupyr, carboxin, chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos, cyproconazole, cyanamide, chlorfenapyr, copper carbonate, chlorantraniliprole, difenoconazole, dimethomorph, ethephon, fluroxypyr-meptyl  fipronil, fludioxonil,lufenuron, methomyl, metsulfuron-methyl, metalaxyl-m, metaflumizone, pendimethalin, propamocarb hydrochloride, pyrimethanil, prothioconazole, sophora flavescens, thiabendazole,thiram, triclopyr -butotílico, thiodicarb, tebuconazole, thiamethoxam, trifloxystrobin, trinexapac-ethyl

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by May 12, 2022.

On April 6, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a draft amendment (link in Portuguese) proposing to revise monographs for numerous active ingredients.

Comments are due by June 26, 2022. Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on April 28, 2022.

On April 6, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a draft amendment (link in Portuguese) proposing to revise monographs for numerous active ingredients.

Comments are due by June 4, 2022. Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on April 7, 2022.

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

Instrução Normativa In Nº 125, de 24 de Março de 2022: tea tree oil, isoxaflutole, and saflufenacil.

Instrução Normativa In Nº 126, de 24 de Março de 2022: acephate, abamectin, acetochlor, azoxystrobin, acetamiprid, bentazone, bifenthrin, benzyladenine, emamectin, chlorothalonil, clethodim, cyproconazole, chlorfenapyr, alpha-cypermethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, chlorantraniliprole, cyantraniliprole, 2,4-D, difenoconazole, dimethomorph, diafenthiuron, sulfur, epoxiconazole, spinetoram, fenitrothion, fluazinam, flazasulfuron, famoxadone, fluxapyroxad, fluensulfone, haloxyfop-P-methyl, iprodione, indoxacarb, indaziflam, lufenuron, mancozeb, methoxyfenozide, mepiquat, novaluron, permethrin, profenofos, propiconazole, pyraclostrobin, picoxystrobin, prothioconazole, S-metolachlor, sulfoxaflor, thiabendazole, triclopyr, tebuconazole, thiamethoxam, thifluzamide, and zoxamide.

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by April 7, 2022.

On March 23, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a draft amendment proposing to revise monographs for numerous active ingredients and a draft amendment proposing a new monograph for pydiflumetofen (links in Portuguese).

Comments are due by May 22, 2022. Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on March 24, 2022.

On March 16, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to establish monographs for bistrifluron, mefentrifluconazole, and ametoctradin (links in Portuguese).

Comments are due by May 14, 2022. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on March 17, 2022.

On February 18, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) notified the WTO (G/SPS/N/BRA/2003 and G/SPS/N/BRA/2005) of proposed food additive amendments originally published in December 2021 and February 2022 respectively. Comments are due by February 21, 2022 and April 18, 2022 respectively.

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 February 16, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published an amendment concerning multiple food additive regulations. The amendment is available in Portuguese and is effective March 2, 2022.

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.