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 |
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Monographic Index |
Name |
CAS # |
Cultivation |
MRL (mg/kg) |
SI (days) |
ARfD (mg/kg) of body weight |
Purpose |
Beta-cypermethrin |
65731-84-2 |
Millet |
0.05 |
14 |
- |
- |
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Sorghum |
1.00 |
14 |
- |
- |
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Fluazinam |
79622-59-6 |
Peanuts, chickpeas and lentils |
0.1 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Peas and cowpea |
0.1 |
- |
- |
- |
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Soy |
0.02 |
- |
0.07 |
- |
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Iprodione |
36734-19-7 |
Oat |
2 |
5 |
|
Foliar |
|
Barley |
2 |
- |
NA |
- |
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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 |
- |
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Beans, chickpeas, and lentils |
0.05 |
- |
- |
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Yacon potatoes, yams, peas, turnips, and radishes |
0.05 |
- |
- |
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Trifloxystrobin |
141517-21-7 |
Coconut |
0.01 |
1 |
- |
Foliar |
|
Pumpkin |
0.02 |
1 |
NA |
Foliar |
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Amicarbazone |
129909-90-6 |
Pasture |
NFU |
NFU |
0,1 |
Pre-emergence |
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Piroxasulfona |
447399-55-5 |
Peanuts, potatoes, barley and sunflower |
0,02 |
NA |
- |
Pre-emergence |
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Tabacco |
NFU |
NFU |
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Isoxaflutole |
141112-29-0 |
Cotton |
- |
NA |
NA |
Pre and pos-emergence |
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Lufenuron |
103055-07-8 |
Cotton |
- |
14 |
- |
- |
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Beans |
21 |
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Corn |
35 |
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Soy |
21 |
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Neochrysocharis formosa |
- |
Included as a new organism |
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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 |
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Methomyl |
16752-77-5 |
Avocado, cocoa, cupuaçu, guaraná, kiwi, papaya, |
0,01 |
14 |
- |
Foliar |
|
mango, passion fruit, melon, watermelon and pomegranate |
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Acerola, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, strawberry and pitanga |
0,015 |
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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 |
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Monographic Index |
Name |
CAS # |
Cultivation |
MRL (mg/kg) |
SI (days) |
ARfD (mg/kg) of body weight |
Purpose |
Deltamethrin |
52918-63-5 |
Sorghum |
1 |
30 |
- |
Storage |
|
1 |
- |
- |
Application |
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Teflubenzuron |
83121-18-0 |
Peppers, eggplant, scarlet eggplant, okra and pepper |
0,15 |
7 |
NA |
- |
|
Aminopyralid |
150114-71-9 |
Sugar cane |
0,01 |
NA |
0,26 |
Pre and post-emergence |
|
Methomyl |
16752-77-5 |
Forage cactus |
NFU |
NFU |
0,02 |
Foliar |
|
Bixafen |
581809-46-3 |
Beans |
0,07 |
15 |
0,2 |
Foliar |
|
Thiophanate-methyl |
23564-05-8 |
Ornamental plants |
NFU |
NFU |
- |
Foliar |
|
Clothianidin |
210880-92-5 |
Corn |
- |
21 |
0,6 |
Foliar |
|
Diflubenzuron |
35367-38-5 |
Cotton, corn and soy |
0,3 |
- |
NA |
- |
|
Phosphine |
7803-51-2 |
Soybean meal |
0,01 |
- |
NA |
- |
|
Azoxystrobin |
131860-33-8 |
Chard, watercress, almond, chicory, spinach, stevia, |
1 |
7 |
- |
Foliar |
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Duboisia |
NFU |
NFU |
- |
Foliar |
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Mancozeb |
8018-01-7 |
Rye and barley |
1,5 |
32 |
- |
Foliar |
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Millet |
0,4 |
30 |
- |
Foliar |
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Caupi beans, fava beans, guandu beans, mungo beans |
0,3 |
14 |
- |
Foliar |
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Cotton |
1,5 |
- |
- |
Foliar |
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Wheat, oats and barley |
1,5 |
- |
- |
Foliar |
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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