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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published Decisions on amending the GB MRLs for benzovindiflupyr in or on spring onions and leeks and metalaxyl-M in or on oil palms fruits and peppercorn.

Amended MRLs from these Decisions will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on September 1, 2022. 

On August 30, the U.S. EPA announced the receipt of pesticide petitions to establish or modify MRLs for several active ingredients.

Comments must be received by September 29, 2022. Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 31, 2022.

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) recently announced proposed MRL changes for several active ingredients. These changes were reported via the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service.

Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database and BCGlobal Vet Drug Database on September 1, 2022. 

On August 30, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1435 amending MRLs for calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide, cyprodinil, and potassium hydrogen carbonate.

Relevant Pending MRL changes will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 31, 2022.

On August 29, New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries published Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice - 29 August 2022.

The comment deadline is October 28, 2022. Proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide and Vet Drug MRL Databases on August 31, 2022. 

On August 29, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) published proposed MRLs for fenazaquin.

Comments are due by November 12, 2022. The proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 30, 2022.

On August 23, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) published APVMA Gazette No. 17, 23 August 2022 proposing and amending MRLs for various active ingredients.

Relevant proposed and amended MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by August 31, 2022.

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) recently posted Food Safety Update 0810 No.1, August 10, 2022 (in Japanese) affecting numerous active ingredients. 

Relevant MRL changes will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on August 25, 2022. 

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

Instrução Normativa In Nº 176, de 12 de Agosto de 2022

Instrução Normativa In Nº 167, de 12 de Agosto de 2022

Instrução Normativa In Nº 178, de 15 de Agosto de 2022

Relevant MRLs from these amendments will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by August 26, 2022.