Minor use pesticides are crop protection products targeting value specialty crops with small acreage, as well as controlling minor pests on major crops. Due to the low financial incentive for agrochemical companies to register their products alone, the lack of available pesticides led to illegalMore...- On November 11, 2020, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the State Standardization Administration jointly issued the mandatory national standard” GB38598-2020 General Requirement for Label and Instruction Book of Disinfection Products”, expected to take effect on DecemberMore...
- In 2020, China MoARA approved 795 pesticides, a significant recovery from 2019 of just 264. 15 pesticides were registered as TC/TK, including 14-hydroxylated brassinosteroid， Indolebutyric acid (IBA)， Benzylaminopurine，24-Epibrassinolide， Gibberellic acid， Naphthylacetic acid，L-glufosinate,More...
- The introduction of GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) to China’s pesticide registration dates back to the 1980s and toxicological laboratories began to follow the principles. Between 1982 and 1986, a safety evaluation center funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) wasMore...
- As of December 31, 2020, 41885 pesticides of 714 active ingredients have been registered in China, consisting of 39299 agricultural pesticides and 2576 public health pesticides. Since 2013, the number of pesticides newly registered each year has grown by an average rate of 5%. As China introducedMore...
- According to China's customs statistics, in 2020 China imported 100.33 million tons of soybean, exceeding the historical level of 95.53 million tons in 2017. It took China only 25 years to increase hundred-fold its imports and take over 60% of global soybean trade. The total arable land area fellMore...
- On August 24, the Korean Ministry of Environment issued the Notification 2020-182 to amend the list of existing biocidal substances subject to deferred approval. South Korea enacted the “Act on the Safety Management of Household Chemical Products and Biocides(K-BPR)” in 2018, requiringMore...
- In 2017 China NHFPC (now knowns as NHC) promulgated the “WS 575-2017 Hygiene Requirements for Hygienic Wet Wipes”. Since its implementation in March 2018, the mandatory standard has played an active role in market regulation, but some of its contents were also misinterpreted/wrongly enforced byMore...
- Organic fertilizer is a category of fermented fertilizers obtained from animal manure and plant/animal residue and the use of organic fertilizers has a long history in China. But in recent decades, the percentage of organic fertilizer in total nutrient input has steadily reduced from 99.9% in 1949More...
