On 2nd Aug 2019, the MoARA’s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau issued a missive to all provincial subordinates to recommend 10 disinfectants for African swine fever (ASF) control, which will be officially popularized among hog  all over the country.

On 31 May 2019, China MoARA released the Announcement 179 to designate 9 labs for pesticide registration experimentation.

On 31 May 2019, China MoARA released the Announcement 179 to designate 9 labs for pesticide registration experimentation.

On 4 Apr 2019, China MoARA released the Announcement 156 to designate 24 labs for pesticide registration experimentation.  

On 25 Mar 2019, China MoARA issued the Announcement 148 to ban all agricultural uses of Fipronil insecticides. The injunction aims at fulfilling the requirements contained in the “Food Safety Law”, “Regulation on the Administration of Pesticides” and the “Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants”.

On 8 Mar 2019, China MoARA released the results of supervision and spot check on pesticides during FY2018 and the total qualification rate was 93.2%. 370 pesticides were determined to be counterfeit pesticides that added with unregistered active ingredients/ absence of nominal active ingredients. Only 54.4% of the biopesticides were found to be eligible as most of them were added with Chlorantraniliprole, Pyraclostrobin, Tolfenpyrad and other chemical ingredients.

On 6 Mar 2019, China MoARA released the Announcement 143 to designate 18 labs for pesticide registration experimentation. China implemented new pesticide regulations since 2017 and the Ministry has re-designated 2 batches of labs approved for pesticide registration. Up to now, a total of 54 labs have been approved to generate data supporting pesticide registration.

On 21 Feb 2019, China MoARA released the “Crop Production Work Focus for 2019”. The main grain product capacity would be stable in 2019. Furthermore, the ministry schedules the legislative process on agricultural input and crop protection regulations and the new developing of fertilizer regulation was officially planned.

On 25 Feb 2019, China MoARA released 3 draft lists to support the registration of minor crop use pesticides and will solicit opinion until 3 Mar 2019.