BASF ups new ais and pipeline sales potential - Agrow
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Americas AGROW | No 633 | February 8th 2012<br />
EUROPE NEWS ROUND-UP<br />
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The Anvisa´s listing of registered <strong>ais</strong> still includes acephate<br />
Brazil Anvisa recommends bans for use on all EUROPE<br />
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17 crops. NEWS<br />
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The IN Anvisa BRIEF<br />
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PRODUCTS NEWS IN BRIEF has yet to reply to <strong>Agrow</strong>´s<br />
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on two insecticides<br />
request for further clarification on the status of acephate. The<br />
Aenda confirms EUROPE Arysta´s position that the proposed phase-<br />
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The Brazilian national health surveillance agency, the Anvisa, out is “only PRODUCTS in a public NEWS consultation, IN BRIEF<strong>and</strong><br />
no decision has yet<br />
has recommended bans on the insecticide/acaricides, parathion- been taken”. The other <strong>ais</strong> under review are: the herbicides,<br />
methyl AUSTRALASIA <strong>and</strong> phorate. NEWS The IN move BRIEF is the latest decision covering the glyphosate, AMERICAS EUROPE<br />
paraquat COMPANIES NEWS<br />
<strong>and</strong> NEWS NEWS IN<br />
lactofen; IN BRIEF IN BRIEF BRIEF<br />
COMPANIES NEWS IN BRIEF the fungicide, thiram; <strong>and</strong><br />
reassessment of 14 pesticide active ingredients (<strong>Agrow</strong> passim). the insecticides, PRODUCTS abamectin, NEWS <strong>and</strong> IN BRIEF carbofuran.<br />
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Parathion-methyl is authorised in Brazil for use on nine crops,<br />
including the major ones, cotton, maize, soybeans <strong>and</strong> wheat.<br />
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Anvisa PEOPLE director Agenor Álvares says the agency found that the<br />
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Brazil AMERICAS updates NEWS agchem IN BRIEF residue<br />
insecticide possessed “neurotoxic, immunotoxic, mutagenic<br />
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data rules COMPANIES NEWS IN BRIEF<br />
characteristics, has endocrine disruptor properties, <strong>and</strong> provokes<br />
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toxicity on the development of embryos <strong>and</strong> foetus”. Phorate<br />
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health IN<br />
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surveillance BRIEF<br />
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EUROPE NEWS IN BRIEF agency, the Anvisa,<br />
is lethal in low doses, <strong>and</strong> “is associated with” diabetes,<br />
is beefing up ASIA/AUSTRALASIA PEOPLE<br />
ASIA/AUSTRALASIA the criteria to be NEWS followed IN ROUND-UP BRIEF by applicants for the<br />
neurotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, as well as reproductive <strong>and</strong><br />
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registration of pesticides. It has issued Resolution 4/2011,<br />
respiratory system toxicity, the director says. The ai is for use on<br />
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detailing the PEOPLE criteria that applicants must observe when carrying<br />
eight crops including cotton, maize, soybeans <strong>and</strong> wheat.<br />
out residue ASIA studies<br />
ASIA/AUSTRALASIA NEWS on foodstuffs, ROUND-UP NEWS<br />
such<br />
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as: the preservation of<br />
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samples, the<br />
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presentation<br />
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of stability<br />
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The two <strong>ais</strong> are banned in the EU, the Anvisa notes. Parathion-<br />
studies of the pesticide on<br />
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MEETING AMERICAS NEWS IN BRIEF<br />
methyl cannot be used in China, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka a crop, <strong>and</strong> the EUROPE dispersal NEWS rate, IN BRIEF among others.<br />
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<strong>and</strong> Tanzania, while use restrictions are applied in the US.<br />
Agency director Agenor Alvarez complains that companies often<br />
Phorate PRODUCTS is being NEWS phased IN out BRIEF in Canada on potatoes, while<br />
submit residue<br />
PEOPLE MEETING<br />
studies that have not been carried out under<br />
there are also restrictions on its use in the US. One unnamed<br />
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adequate or AFRICA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA satisfactory NEWS conditions, IN BRIEF NEWS which IN BRIEF leads to delays <strong>and</strong><br />
company in Brazil has already informed the agency that it is<br />
cost increases<br />
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AMERICAS in the analysis NEWS IN of BRIEF the applications. “When we<br />
to voluntarily withdraw its parathion-methyl products from the<br />
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receive inadequately COMPANIES conducted out studies, our staff is unable<br />
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Brazilian BRIEF<br />
EUROPE market NEWS this IN year. BRIEF The proposals are subject to a public<br />
to set safe residue<br />
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limits<br />
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for each<br />
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crop,”<br />
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he says. “Following<br />
consultation period ending March 24th.<br />
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the setting of PEOPLE COMPANIES clear <strong>and</strong> detailed NEWS IN rules, BRIEF<br />
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PEOPLE<br />
we can expect to receive<br />
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The Anvisa programme has already led to the ban or phase-out adequately carried out studies.”<br />
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of four insecticide <strong>ais</strong>: methamidophos, trichlorfon, cyhexatin<br />
The agency carries MEETING PRODUCTS<br />
out pesticide<br />
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toxicology analysis, <strong>and</strong> is<br />
<strong>and</strong> endosulfan (<strong>Agrow</strong> No 608, p 14). The agency has also<br />
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the first authority PRODUCTS to receive NEWS applicants’ IN BRIEF<br />
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products, followed by<br />
recommended a phase-out on a fifth, acephate, while use<br />
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the Ministry of MEETING the Environment’s environmental agency, the<br />
restrictions ASIA NEWS on a IN sixth, BRIEF phosmet, have been implemented. Italian<br />
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Ibama, for ecotoxicology assessments, <strong>and</strong> finally the Ministry of<br />
agrochemical company Sipcam-Oxon won a legal challenge to<br />
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Agriculture for EUROPE PEOPLE NEWS<br />
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www.agrow.com IN agronomic BRIEF aspects. It says that the<br />
the ban on the sale <strong>and</strong> use of the acaricide, cyhexatin, last<br />
<strong>new</strong> rules bring EUROPE the previous NEWS IN regulation, BRIEF Resolution 216/2006,<br />
June. WORLD/AUSTRALASIA ASIA/AUSTRALASIA A federal court cancelled NEWS NEWS IN the IN BRIEF BRIEF Anvisa re-evaluation of the<br />
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into line with EUROPE UN FAO NEWS Codex IN Alimentarius BRIEF methods, as followed<br />
ai, a decision that was to be reviewed by the Superior Court www.agrow.com<br />
in Australia, the EU, Canada, Japan <strong>and</strong> the US.<br />
(<strong>Agrow</strong> No 621, p 17). There has been no development in the<br />
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case since, the company tells <strong>Agrow</strong>. Brazilian company Fersol<br />
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(Mairinque) remains in the courts contesting the phase-out order<br />
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on methamidophos despite a recent victory for the regulator, the<br />
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generic agrochemical association, the Aenda, tells <strong>Agrow</strong>. Fersol n Brazil agchem container recycling up 9% in 2011<br />
won an injunction in August last year that was subsequently www.agrow.com<br />
Brazil’s disposal ASIA/AUSTRALASIA COMPANIES NEWS IN NEWS<br />
ASIA/AUSTRALASIA <strong>and</strong> recycling of NEWS BRIEF IN<br />
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overturned on appeal by the Anvisa (<strong>Agrow</strong> No 624, p 13). continued its progress last year. Recycling organisation inpEV’s<br />
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Campo Limpo ASIA/AUSTRALASIA system registered NEWS a 9.4% IN BRIEF annual rise in the<br />
acephate clarification...<br />
collection of PRODUCTS such containers NEWS in IN 2011 BRIEFto<br />
some 34,202 tonnes.<br />
The <strong>Agrow</strong> report that the Anvisa had recommended a ban on That followed PEOPLE steady rises from the 24,415 tonnes collected<br />
PEOPLE<br />
acephate is incorrect (<strong>Agrow</strong> No 628, p 20), Arysta LifeScience in 2008. The PEOPLE inpEV has split the collections, noting that<br />
tells <strong>Agrow</strong>. “The Anvisa hasn’t yet completed the process <strong>and</strong> some 31,518 PEOPLE tonnes of recycled containers had been rinsed<br />
PEOPLE<br />
acephate is being re-evaluated, based on public consultation <strong>and</strong> can therefore be recycled, while the remainder was not.<br />
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number 60, of September 3rd 2009,” the company says. Campo Limpo was formed in 2008 with the help of government<br />
The Anvisa notice called for an immediate ban on use of the agencies among MEETING<br />
farmers, distributors, <strong>and</strong> manufacturers<br />
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insecticide on 15 of the 17 crops on which it was authorised through inpEV itself. The latter provide the collection points <strong>and</strong><br />
(<strong>Agrow</strong> No 575, p 23). They included citrus fruits, potatoes,<br />
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the transportation MEETING of containers (<strong>Agrow</strong> No 544, p 20). Campo<br />
beans <strong>and</strong> some flowers. The recommendation also includes Limpo aims to recycle empty containers, turning them into <strong>new</strong><br />
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a phase-out of use on the remaining two crops, cotton <strong>and</strong> www.agrow.com<br />
ones. The inpEV has overseen the collection <strong>and</strong> recycling of<br />
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soybeans, by October 31st 2013.<br />
over 200,000 tonnes of containers since 2002, it says.<br />
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