The rodenticides approved, banned and stopped to use in china are summrized in this artice, in addition the foreign manufacturer of rodenticides in the status of active or  inactive are both listed in a table.

This article has summarized the banned or restricted for use pesticide in china which are  published by MOA announcements and those pesticides which are suggested to be banned or restricted for use by the pesticide registration review committee. Also it describe  the followed control  measures and suggestion  for administration of  highly hazardous pesticide in china .

With the worsening of China’s PM 2.5 problems, there is an urgent need of effective governance against pollutant emission which must be achieved by improving the compulsory standard targeting specific industries. In China, 50% of the PM 2.5 particulates are directly released as emissions, while the other half is generated indirectly from the waste byproducts of various industries. These indirect precursor substances, known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), are usually transformed through sunlight and heat into, nitrates, sulfates and aerosols and are a hugely overlooked and under regulated factor in PM 2.5 formation. As the majority of VOCs are attributable to pesticide production, a national standard, the “Air Emission Standard for Pesticide Industry” is being developed, which could support the newly promulgated “National Standard of Ambient Air Quality”.

China’s Regulations on Pesticide Administration (Decree 326 of the State Council) was promulgated and enacted on 29 November 2001. It is the overarching legislation for the pesticide sector, aiming to control the production, registration, marketing and use of pesticides. On 20 July 2011, a draft proposal to amend the regulation was released for public consultation. Late last year, officials from the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals (ICAMA), which is part of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), made numerous announcements on the impending promulgation of the final version (see Chemlinked News Released on Nov 16 2012). However, after being all but approved by the standing committee of the State Council, barring a signature from the council chairman, the legislative process has come to an abrupt halt. According to MoA’s working programme, which was released in April 2013, the regulation may fall at the last legislative hurdle. This is perhaps unsurprising, given recent leadership changes and the need for consensus across a number of different authorities. Cross-ministry management It is necessary to register all pesticides with the MoA prior to placing them on the market. The agricultural department under the State Council is responsible for the registration, supervision and control of pesticides throughout the country. Registration of new pesticides, when they are first produced or imported, consists of field trials, then temporary registration and finally full registration. ICAMA is responsible for reviewing the dossiers, then collecting technical suggestions and a decision from the National Committee of Pesticide Registration. If the registration process is successful, the MoA will issue a registration certificate of Pesticide Registration, known as ICAMA Registration. In addition to pesticide registration, enterprises producing, formulating or repacking pesticides within the territory of China must obtain manufacturing approval from the Mi

REACH24H as member of the Regulatory Toxicology and Risk Assessment Committee attended the Member Congress hosted by Chinese Society of Toxicology at 29 May, in Suzhou China. At this congress, Mr. Tao Chuanjiang from ICAMA (Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture) disclosed the recent progress and achievements in pesticide risk assessment in China through his presentation of “Development of Pesticide Environmental Risk assessment Approach in China”. In this article, I would like to outline the most significant issues addressed during this presentation. Pesticide regulations addressing safety considers from a dual perspective, attempting to manage and control both their inherent agricultural impact and the negative impact on public health associated with their use. The Chinese regulatory system bears some similarities to the US system but lacks the overall regulatory scope of its US counterpart. The legislative foundation which the risk assessment criteria are built upon is the “Regulation on the Administration of Pesticide” which is the primary law for management of pesticide in China, and which also specifies the registration requirements of pesticide.

The GB 2763-2012, which was issued under the joint Announcement 22 of MOA and MOH, has come into force on Mar 1 2013. As the latest compulsory standard, it contains 2293 limits for 322 active ingredients on 10 categories of food commodities, and can also be considered as a replacement of some previous national standards and industrial standards of pesticide MRLs. Overview of the 2293 MRLs The GB 2763-2012 set 2253 MRLs for plant-derived food and 40 for animal-derived food, constituting around 98.2% and 1.87% respectively. Vegetables will be subject to the most MRLs, followed by fruits, cereals and cereal products, oil plants and oil products, sugar crops, beverages and edible fungus (see Table 1). Table 1: Distribution of MRLs in different food categories GB 2763-2012 vs GB 2763-2005 Compared with the 2005 version, GB2763-2012 has a number of improvements: 1.More explicit in scope, terms and definitions. The 2005 version provided a precondition that “when producing food or protecting food commodities from pests, the pesticide should be utilized according to the rules of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)”, which left the loopholes of MRL violations on some food commodities as the poor enforcement of GAP in China. The removal of this precondition has broadened the range of acceptable MRLs. Furthermore, other definitions in 2005 versions which included the “acute reference dose”, “provisional-acceptable daily intake”, and “provisional tolerable daily intake” have been removed as well. An important revision is that the English name/definition of the residue, the “pesticide residue” has been amended as is now reffered to as the “residue definition” (hereafter refer to the “pesticide residue” as “residue definition”). To better explain the MRLs applicable in different crops and food commodities, GB 2763-2012 specified the crop/food ranges in its Informative Annex

Pesticide residue problems and food safety scandals have proved fertile ground for the growth of the biopesticide sector in China's crop protection industry. Addiontally favourable legislation and regulations are designed to prioritize innovation in this sector. Buzz words surrounding the biopeticide industry in China such as, “data exemption” and “faster approval process” have been frequently mentioned by industry experts and ICAMA officials. Yet statistically, of  the 14 applications denied  full new pesticide registration in the second half year of 2012, 8 were submitted as bio-pesticide products. A key failing of these applications was the data submitted in the registration dossier. Insufficient communication between regulators and industry is a key factor in the poor performance of the biopesticide sector. Data Requirement for Biopesticide The supporting document, “Data Requirements on Pesticide Registration” which came into force on 8 Jan, 2008, has explicitly detailed the data requirements of different types of application. As for new bio-pesticides, the requirement falls under the Chapter IV, “Registration for New Special Pesticides”. Generally, biochemical pesticides, microbial pesticide, botanical pesticide, GMO and predator species are classified as bio-pesticide. As the above types of bio-pesticide are distinct in nature and properties, their differences or similarities during registration are demonstrated in Table 1 and table 2 Excerpt of Table 1 For full content of Table 1, click here to Download.   Excerpt of Table 2 For full content of Table 2, click here to Download. Regulatory Amendment on the Way To foster the development of the biopesticide industry, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a revised draft for data requirement on pesticide regulation in April 2011: The antibiotics for farm use will be regarded as biopestici

China is one of the largest pesticide exporters in the world with  exports of 1,440,000 tons in 2011. Chinese pesticides are however criticized by the international stakeholders for being inferior and of poor quality. To combat the dismal reputation of Chinese products, the government is developing new regulations. Although the final legal text of new pesticide regulation has not been published, inferences on its content and scope can be made based on statments made by officials from the ICAMA (the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture). Boosted R&D Oriented and Environmental-friendly Players The Chinese industry is saturated by small and medium sized companies producing a limited number of pesticides. Therefore, fierce competition and underselling of these pesticides to the overseas market is a common phenomenon. R&D activities are almost completely isolated to a number of the larger Chinese companies and of course multinational corportations.In China, pesticide companies are required to obtain both the ICAMA registration and the manufacturing permit issued by industrial authorities: the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) or the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ). Only manufacturing companies can be granted the ICAMA registration therefore there is little incentive for R&D. This dilemma will only be solved when registration for new pesticides can be applied for by  non-manufacturing companies and the registration certification can be subsequently transferred to other manufacturers. Furthermore, the “one registration certificate, one manufacturing permit” policy required by manufacturers is also likely to be relaxed. Under this potential ammendment if a pesticide company has been granted a manufacturing permit but not yet granted ICAMA registration, it can be commissioned by other ICAMA registration holders to manufacture the produ

There are four correlated regulations are available for the agrochemical companies to maintain their intellectual properties in China. However due to China’s backward IP protection system and different interpretations by different competent authorities, patent protection is increasingly favored by  MNCs and Chinese companies.