Resolution - RDC number 436, 5 November 2020

Addendum to Regular Notification 2020-11-17
G/SPS/N/BRA/1788/Add.2

Description

The Resolution - RDC number 428, 7 October 2020 - previously notified through G/SPS/N/BRA/1788 - which changes the Resolution - RDC number 177, 21 September 2017, which provides for the ban on the active ingredient Paraquat in pesticides in the country and for transitional risk mitigation measures; and regulates the application of the stocks of the active ingredient Paraquat based products under possession of the Brazilian farmers in the crops management of the agricultural harvest of 2020/2021, was changed by the Resolution - RDC number 436, 5 November 2020. 

This regulation will be also notified to the TBT committee.

The final text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at: 
http://antigo.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/6053710/RDC_436_2020_.pdf/b36028dd-b15a-4f6a-97d9-4b90a337cdac

Keywords

Maximum residue limits (MRLs); Modification of content/scope of regulation; Food safety; Human health; Pesticides