Republishing of the Resolution - RDC number 428, 7 October 2020

Addendum to Regular Notification 2020-10-27
G/SPS/N/BRA/1788/Add.1

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 republished. 

The final text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at:
https://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?data=19/10/2020&jornal=515&pagina=50

Keywords

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