Spain has granted an exceptional use authorisation for the fumigant, 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D), a farmer association from the major vegetable producing region, Almeria, says. The approval runs for 120 days until June 30th and is for use on grapevines, vegetables, strawberries, tobacco and cut flowers. The active ingredient gained a 120-day registration in Spain last year. The European Commission declined to re-register 1,3-D in 2006 and set a phase-out date for March 20th 2009. However, it ...
The Spanish regional government of Murcia has declared the region free of unregistered pesticides. The director general of its agrarian modernisation office, Angel Garcia Lidón, presented findings of a 2009 survey across the region. “No sample threw up residue results above EU maximum reside limits,” the director notes. Over 300 samples were taken in the study. “There has been no health alert activated in the province for a decade,” he adds. The crop protection association, the Aepla, has run a ...