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On January 18, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for acetamiprid, cyprodinil, tebuthiuron, chlorpyrifos, metalaxyl-m, dinotefuran, cyazofamid, difenoconazole, chlorantraniliprole, and 2,4-D (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be added to the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by January 20, 2021.

On December 3, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to add or revise the monographs for 1-tetradecanol, (Z, E)-7,9,11-dodecatrienyl, (E)-7-dodecenyl acetate, thiencarbazone, and Neoseiulus barkeri.

Comments are due by January 31, 2021. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on December 5, 2020.

On November 30, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for lufenuron, fluroxypyr-meptyl, chlorfluazuron, azoxystrobin, chlorantraniliprole, mancozeb, and tolfenpyrad (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be added to the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by December 1, 2020.

On November 9, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a food additive amendment (in Portuguese). The amendment is effective from November 9, 2020.

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

On November 11, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for glyphosate, chlorpyrifos, trinexapac-ethyl, metalaxyl-m, chlorantraniliprole, dinotefuran, alpha-cypermethrin, 2,4-D, cyprodinil, acetamiprid, mancozeb, mandipropamid, chlorothalonil, difenoconazole, sulfoxaflor, azoxystrobin, acibenzolar-S-methyl, flubendiamide, Melaleuca alternifolia, tebuthiuron, and cyazofamid.

Comments are due by January 9, 2021. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on November 12, 2020.

On November 3, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for glufosinate-ammonium, emamectin benzoate, difenoconazole, tebuconazole, azoxystrobin, ethiprole, amicarbazone, profenofos, flufenoxuron, haloxyfop-P-methyl, Clonostachys rosea, flutriafol, pyriproxyfen, flubendiamide, cartap hydrochloride, Sophora flavescens, and cyazofamid (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be added to the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by November 5, 2020.

On October 14, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monograph for imidacloprid and establish a monograph for isofetamid. 

Comments are due by December 12, 2020. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on October 16, 2020.

On September 28, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for beta-cyfluthrin, propiconazole, bacillus subtilis, carfentrazone-ethyl, diquat dibromide, cyproconazole, procymidone, spiromesifen, aviglycine hydrochloride,  bifenthrin,  fluazifop-P-butyl, tetraconazole, fenpyrazamine, fludioxonil, acephate, cyantraniliprole, thiophanate-methyl and saflufenacil (links in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be added to the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database in the coming week.

On September 23, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing to revise the monographs for chlorantraniliprole, lufenuron, chlorfluazuron, tolfenpyrad, metiram, fluroxypyr-meptyl, terbuthylazine, azoxystrobin, clethodim, mancozeb, pyraclostrobin, fluxapyroxad, and lambda-cyhalothrin (links in Portuguese). 

Comments are due by November 21, 2020. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on September 24, 2020.

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) recently published the new monograph for pyroxasulfone (link in Portuguese).

Relevant MRLs from this monograph are available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database.