News & Insights

On April 16, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/621 establishing MRLs for imidacloprid.

The amended MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Veterinary Drug MRL Database on April 20, 2021.

On April 14, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published an amendment to their vet drug regulations, adding MRLs for fluralaner.

Relevant MRLs from this amendment will be added to the BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database by April 15, 2021. The MRLs are effective May 3, 2021.

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 be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database and BCGlobal Vet Drug Database by April 7, 2021.

On March 25, Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) published Notice No. 2021-26 (link in Korean) revising their food regulations, including numerous pesticide and veterinary drug MRL changes. Most MRL changes from this amendment are effective March 25, 2021. MRLs for pesticide residues in animal products will be effective July 1, 2021.

MRL changes from this amendment will appear in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database and BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database in the coming weeks.

On March 19, the European Medicines Agency published a summary opinion proposing MRLs for bambermycin in poultry.

Relevant proposed MRLs will appear in the BCGlobal Vet Drug Database March 23, 2021.

On March 1, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a correction to their national veterinary drug regulation.

Corrected information will display in the BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database on March 6, 2021.

Recently, the Eurasian Economic Union posted a draft amendment to TR CU 021/2011, proposing veterinary drug MRLs for a variety of substances. 

Comments on this proposal are due by April 6, 2021. Bryant Christie is in the process of translating and analyzing this regulation for entry into the BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database. Relevant MRLs will be added to the database in the coming weeks.

On December 23, Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) published Notice No. 2020-128 (link in Korean) revising their food regulations, including numerous pesticide and veterinary drug MRL changes.

MRL changes from this amendment will appear in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database and BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database on January 7, 2021.

On December 9, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare posted Food Safety Update 1209 No. 1 affecting several active ingredients.

Relevant MRL changes should appear in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database and BCGlobal Vet Drug Database in the coming week.

On December 4, the Singapore Food Agency published a circular establishing an MRL for nicarbazin on chicken eggs.

Relevant MRL changes will appear in the BCGlobal Vet Drug Database on September 10, 2020.