The Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on prior informed consent (PIC) have decided to add the organophosphate insecticide, azinphos-methyl, to the PIC list. The decision was made at the 6th Conference of the Parties (COP6) in Geneva, Switzerland on April 28th-May 10th. The move takes effect on August 10th. Countries wishing to export the insecticide must get prior approval from importing countries under PIC rules. The Parties also considered the proposal to list certain formulations of the ...

FMC has been granted re-authorisation in Brazil of its fungicide, Locker (BASF’s kresoxim-methyl + Bayer CropScience’s tebuconazole + carbendazim) with a higher toxicology classification. It has passed from grade III (indeterminate component of concern) to grade II (medium level of concern). Gradings rise from lowest at grade IV to most toxic at grade I. Locker is for the control of foliar diseases on soybeans. The fungicide is to be re-launched immediately following state re-authorisations, ...

In the first four months of 2013, seven Chinese pesticidecompanies were granted domestic registrations for the fungicide, azoxystrobin. The active ingredient came off patent in 2010 and an increasing number of Chinese manufacturers of technical and formulated pesticides have since been awarded pesticide registrations, reports the China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA). The fungicide was originally developed by Syngenta legacy company Zeneca. The first approval for a Chinese company ...

The Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on prior informed consent (PIC) have decided to add the organophosphate insecticide, azinphos-methyl, to the PIC list. The decision was made at the 6th Conference of the Parties (COP6) in Geneva, Switzerland on April 28th-May 10th. The move takes effect on August 10th. Countries wishing to export the insecticide must get prior approval from importing countries under PIC rules. The Parties also considered the proposal to list certain formulations of the ...

The US EPA has issued a cancellation order for all registrations of the allethrin pyrethroid insecticides, including bioallethrin, d-allethrin, esbiol and esbiothrin. The only technical registrants, Sumitomo Chemical and its US-based subsidiary, Valent BioSciences, requested the cancellations last year (Agrow No 655, p 14). The EPA is sticking with the registrants’ request for technical registrations to be cancelled from September 30th 2015 and end-use product approvals to end on December 31st ...

New restrictions on the use of the herbicide, glufosinate-ammonium, will apply in the EU from November 13th. The active ingredient will only be authorised for band or spot application at rates not exceeding 750 g ai/ha (treated surface) per application, with a maximum of two applications per year. EU member states must amend or withdraw existing product approvals by November, but a grace period of up to 12 months is permitted to use up stocks. New approvals should include the application of ...

A US law firm representing clients claiming damages from DuPont over its turf herbicide, Imprelis (aminocyclopyrachlor), questions whether a proposed settlement is sufficient to compensate for the loss of damaged trees, replanting and reductions in property values. The law firm, Wright & Schulte (Columbus, Ohio), says that none of its clients are participating in the settlement because “the offers are inadequate”. A preliminary settlement of a class action lawsuit was agreed earlier this year ...

The Versailles Administrative Court in France has dismissed the request made by Syngenta requesting the suspension of the decision of the Minister of Agriculture to withdraw the authorisation of the sale Cruiser OSR (thiamethoxam 280 g/litre + fludioxonil 8 g/litre + metalaxyl-M 32.3 g/litre). The Minister revoked the approval last month (Agrow No 643, p 9) and followed it with the imposition of a ban on treating oilseed rape seed with thiamethoxam (Agrow No 645, p 12). Syngenta is “extremely ...

The French Ministry of Agriculture has indicated to Syngenta that it is considering the withdrawal of the company’s seed treatment, Cruiser OSR (thiamethoxam 280 g/litre + fludioxonil 8 g/litre + metalaxyl-M 32.3 g/litre). The Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, has provided a 15-day notice period to the company to respond to the findings of the national agency for health security, the Anses, on the impact of the insecticide, thiamethoxam, in seed treatments for oilseed rape on the ...