News & Insights

On January 17, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/70 amending MRLs for ametoctradin, chlorpyrifos-methyl, cyproconazole, difenoconazole, fluazinam, flutriafol, prohexadione, and sodium chloride in or on certain products.

Amended MRLs go into effect February 6, 2018. Relevant pending MRL changes will display in the Global MRL Database on January 18, 2018.

On July 31, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a reasoned opinion on the setting of an import tolerance for flutriafol in hops.

The proposed MRL from this reasoned opinion will display in the Global MRL Database on August 1, 2017.

On September 23, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a reasoned opinion on the setting of an import tolerance for flutriafol in cucurbits with edible peel.

Relevant proposed MRLs resulting from the reasoned opinion will display in the Global MRL Database on September 27, 2016.

On August 8, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments for carbosulfan, copper compounds, difenoconazole, spiromesifen, flutriafol, fluxapyroxad, glufosinate-ammonium, imidacloprid, indoxacarb, thiodicarb, gibberellic acid, abamectin, azoxystrobin, 4-indol-3-ylbutyric acid, acibenzolar-S-methyl, and carbendazim.

MRL changes from these amendments will be entered in the Global MRL Database by Wednesday, August 10.

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

• Teflubenzuron
• Bifenthrin
• Formetanate
• Trichoderma harzianum
• Flutriafol

MRL changes from these amendments will appear in the Global MRL Database tomorrow.

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

• Teflubenzuron
• Bifenthrin
• Formetanate
• Trichoderma harzianum
• Flutriafol

MRL changes from these amendments will appear in the Global MRL Database tomorrow.

On March 15, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a reasoned opinion on the setting of an import tolerance for flutriafol in strawberries.

The European Union's flutriafol MRLs currently display in the Global MRL Database.

On March 2, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published draft amendments proposing changes for the following active ingredients (in Portuguese):

• Trichoderma harzianum
• Teflubenzuron
• Bifenthrin
• Formetanate
• Flutriafol

Comments on these proposals must be submitted by March 30, 2016. Relevant proposed MRLs will show in the Global MRL Database tomorrow.

On January 27, the European Union published Reg. (EU) 2016/71 in the EU Official Journal, amending MRLs for 1-methylcyclopropene, flonicamid, flutriafol, indolylacetic acid, indolylbutyric acid, pethoxamid, pirimicarb, prothioconazole, and teflubenzuron in or on certain products.

Amended MRLs go into effect August 16, 2016. Relevant pending MRL changes will be added to Global MRL Database.