Slovakia is now available in Homologa Registrations modules with more details than before. GAP information is more detailed (stages, methods, intervals in between treatments, maximum number of treatments), minor uses and Hazard and Precautionary statements have been added also.
Sri Lanka is now available in Homologa Registrations modules. The source of data was provided by the Office of the Registrar of Pesticides, Department of Agriculture. This document was published (as a draft) in 2019 and it includes a full list of Active Ingredients (AI) allowed for use in the country and both brands available in the country containing that AI, and usages.
On July 15, 2020 the WTO (World Trade Organization) published a list of proposed MRLs coming from Chinese government. The document code is G/SPS/N/CHN/1164.
This proposed MRLs are tagged as “future” MRLs and have been uploaded along with the current MRLs into Homologa™ database.
On August 26, new tolerances have been established for residues of the fungicide inpyrfluxam, in or on apple, sugarbeet, corn grain and peanut at 0.01 ppm.
On July 28, new tolerances have been established for residues of Permethrin, in or on "Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C" and "Cherry subgroup 12-12A", among other crops and crop groups.
This broad-spectrum fungicide has controlled rust diseases in cereals and sugarbeet for over 20 years. However, EU has withdrawn approval of epoxiconazole due to the fact that it has been classified as an endocrin disruptor.
On July 7, Brazilian agency ANVISA published Public Consultations (Consultas Públicas) nº 855-874 on the following active ingredients: aviglycine-hydrochloride, Bacillus subtilis, beta-cyfluthrin, bifenthrin, carfentrazone-e, cyantraniliprole, cyproconazole, fenpyrazamine, fludioxonil, Habrobracon hebetor, procymidone, propiconazole, spiromesifen, tetraconazole and thiophanate methyl.
These proposed MRLs are already loaded into the Homologa™ database.
On July,10 the European Commission published the regulation (EU) 2020/1004 that approves the cow milk as a basic substance.
According to RCE 1107/2009 basic substances are determined as « Certain substances which are not predominantly used as plant protection products may be of value for plant protection, but the economic interest of applying for approval may be limited. Therefore, specific provisions should ensure that such substances, as far as their risks are acceptable, may also be approved for plant protection use »
On August 2018 EFSA had released the outcome of the public consultation on the basic substance application for milk for use in plant protection as fungicide.
As consequence, cow milk has already been added to Homologa™ database dictionaries.
Maximum residue levels (MRLs) for for cyantraniliprole, cyazofamid, cyprodinil, fenpyroximate, fludioxonil, fluxapyroxad, imazalil, isofetamid, kresoxim-methyl, lufenuron, mandipropamid, propamocarb, pyraclostrobin, pyriofenone, pyriproxyfen and spinetoram will be modified.
The new and changed MRLs values according to this regulation are already loaded in our Homologa™ database.
On July 1, Brazilian agency ANVISA has published Public Consultations (Consultas Públicas) nº 824-854 about the following active ingredients: acetamiprid, atrazine, chlorantraniliprole/rynaxypyr, cyhalothrin, cymoxanil, diafenthiuron, difluoroacetic-acid, dinotefuran, famoxadone, fluazinam, flupyradifurone, flutriafol, lambda-cyhalothrin, mesotrione, methomyl, novaluron, oxyfluorfen, pirimiphos-m, propiconazole, pyriproxyfen, quizalofop-p-e, Saccharomices. cerevisiae, spinetoram, tebuconazole, tebuthiuron and teflubenzuron
These proposed MRLs are already loaded into the Homologa™ database.
New MRLs that will apply in the future (starting from December, 18 2020) have also been published for Benthiavalicarb-Isopropyl, Difenoconazole, Iminoctadine, Permethrin and Thifluzamide.
The current and future MRLs according to this publication are already available in the Homologa™ database.