News & Insights

On December 26, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a regulation, in Portuguese, amending MRLs for veterinary drugs. 

The BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database will be updated following translation and analysis of the regulation.

On December 12, New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries published Proposals to amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice - December 2019. The proposal includes draft pesticide and veterinary drug MRLs.

Comments on these proposed MRLs must be received by February 11, 2020. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide and Vet Drug MRL Databases by December 24, 2019.

Recently, the U.S. FDA established an import tolerance for emamectin benzoate on salmonids.

This MRL will be available in the BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database on December 24, 2019.

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) recently announced proposed MRL changes for iminoctadine, thifluzamide, benthiavalicarb-isopropyl, methyltetraprole, and permethrin. These changes were reported via the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service.

Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database and BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database on November 23, 2019.

On November 19, the Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) published APVMA Gazette No. 23, 19 November 2019. Pages 36-37 of the gazette list draft MRLs.

Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on October 9, 2019.

On November 11, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1881 amending an MRL for diflubenzuron.

The amended MRL is currently available in the BCGlobal Veterinary Drug MRL Database.

On November 7, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) published trade advise notices concerning flubendazole and fluralaner in or on various commodities.

Proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGloabl Veterinary Drug MRL Database on November 13, 2019.

On October 31, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare posted Food Safety Update 1031 No. 1 affecting numerous active ingredients.

Relevant MRL changes will appear in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database next week.

On October 14, Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) published Notice No. 2019-89 (link in Korean) revising their food regulations, including numerous pesticide and veterinary drug MRL changes.

MRL changes from this amendment have been entered into the BCGlobal Pesticide and Vet Drug MRL Databases.

On September 20, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare posted Food Safety Update 0920 No. 2 affecting numerous active ingredients.

Relevant MRL changes have been made to the BCGlobal Pesticide and Vet Drug MRL Databases.