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Brazil: Pesticide revision in process

2021-03-31


Brazil is the world’s largest user of pesticides and has been the market for many agrochemical companies. The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA), agency responsible for toxicological assessment, submitted several modification proposals regarding pesticides and their residues. Such proposals are open to public consultation with different deadlines. 

     

Propose / Changes

Monographic Index

Name

CAS #

Cultivation

MRL (mg/kg)

SI (days)

ARfD (mg/kg) of body weight

Purpose

C59

Beta-cypermethrin

65731-84-2

Millet

0.05

14

-

-

Sorghum

1.00

14

-

-

F47

Fluazinam

79622-59-6

Peanuts, chickpeas and lentils

0.1

-

-

-

Peas and cowpea

0.1

-

-

-

Soy

0.02

-

0.07

-

I05

Iprodione

36734-19-7

Oat

2

5

 

Foliar

Barley

2

-

NA

-

C10

Cypermethrin

52315-07-8

Sweet potatoes, yacon potatoes, beets, yams, carrots, peas, beans, ginger, chickpeas, yams, lentils, parsnips, turnips, and radishes

-

14

-

Foliar

Peanuts

-

14

0.04

-

Beans, chickpeas, and lentils

0.05

-

-

Yacon potatoes, yams, peas, turnips, and radishes

0.05

-

-

T54

Trifloxystrobin

141517-21-7

Coconut

0.01

1

-

Foliar

Pumpkin

0.02

1

NA

Foliar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A41

Amicarbazone

129909-90-6

Pasture

NFU

NFU

0,1

Pre-emergence

P61

Piroxasulfona

447399-55-5

Peanuts, potatoes, barley and sunflower

0,02

NA

-

Pre-emergence

Tabacco

NFU

NFU

I18

Isoxaflutole

141112-29-0

Cotton

-

NA

NA

Pre and pos-emergence

L05

Lufenuron

103055-07-8

Cotton

-

14

-

-

Beans

21

Corn

35

Soy

21

N13

Neochrysocharis formosa

-

Included as a new organism

B26

Bifenthrin

82657-04-3

Cotton

0,06

-

-

-

Acerola, blackberry, cocoa, cupuaçu, raspberry, guarana, kiwi, passion fruit, blueberry, strawberry, cherry and pomegranate

0,01

14

0,01

Foliar

M17

Methomyl

16752-77-5

Avocado, cocoa, cupuaçu, guaraná, kiwi, papaya,

0,01

14

-

Foliar

mango, passion fruit, melon, watermelon and pomegranate

Acerola, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, strawberry and pitanga

0,015

S13

S-metolachlor

87392-12-9

Sorghum

0,01

NA

-

Pre-emergence

MRL - Maximum residue level; SI - Safety interval; ARfD - Acute Reference Dose; NA - not applicable; NFU - Non-food use 

 

Further, the agency published on March 17, 2021, on the official gazette the new adoptions for 12 agrochemicals: 

     

Changes

Monographic Index

Name

CAS #

Cultivation

MRL (mg/kg)

SI (days)

ARfD (mg/kg) of body weight

Purpose

D06

Deltamethrin

52918-63-5

Sorghum

1

30

-

Storage

1

-

-

Application

T33

Teflubenzuron

83121-18-0

Peppers, eggplant, scarlet eggplant, okra and pepper

0,15

7

NA

-

A53

Aminopyralid

150114-71-9

Sugar cane

0,01

NA

0,26

Pre and post-emergence

M17

Methomyl

16752-77-5

Forage cactus

NFU

NFU

0,02

Foliar

B54

Bixafen

581809-46-3

Beans

0,07

15

0,2

Foliar

T14

Thiophanate-methyl

23564-05-8

Ornamental plants

NFU

NFU

-

Foliar

C64

Clothianidin

210880-92-5

Corn

-

21

0,6

Foliar

D17

Diflubenzuron

35367-38-5

Cotton, corn and soy

0,3

-

NA

-

F20

Phosphine

7803-51-2

Soybean meal

0,01

-

NA

-

A26

Azoxystrobin

131860-33-8

Chard, watercress, almond, chicory, spinach, stevia,
mustard, arugula,

1

7

-

Foliar

Duboisia

NFU

NFU

-

Foliar

M02

Mancozeb

8018-01-7

Rye and barley

1,5

32

-

Foliar

Millet

0,4

30

-

Foliar

Caupi beans, fava beans, guandu beans, mungo beans

0,3

14

-

Foliar

Cotton

1,5

-

-

Foliar

Wheat, oats and barley

1,5

-

-

Foliar

I29

Isofetamid

875915-78-9

Included as a new substance

MRL - Maximum residue level; SI - Safety interval; ARfD - Acute Reference Dose; NA - not applicable; NFU – Non-food use 

The country has been breaking the annual pesticide registration record since 2016. In 2020 alone, 493 new registrations were made. Besides de country be the largest consumer, it is the main market for highly hazardous pesticides (HPP). 

The activity can be seen as a continuation of the revision tasks started in February 2021, and present a strong link with the new National Fertilizer Plan proposal, scheduled for the 2nd or 3rd quarter. 

Interested parties have 60 days (counted from the publication) to submit suggestions by e-mail cp.toxicologia@anvisa.gov.br. Further information is available on ANVISA’s webpage.  

last update: 2021-03-31



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