It is  required that all the active ingredient(s) contained in the formulated pesticides should be registered with the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) and the ai(s) shall be listed on the label of the products in China. However, doping of un-registered ingredient(s) into the formulated products is increasingly observed in China’s crop protection market, which poses as problem on food safety and pesticide resistances.

On 14 Dec 2012, an Expert Meeting on the revision of evaluating rules for termite control products was held by the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) in Hangzhou.

The 11th plenary session of the 8th National Expert Committee was concluded in Urumqi, China. Of all the 29 applications, 12 of them have been granted the ICAMA’s approval of full registration. The name, ai(s), formulation, range, uses, applicant, validation period of the applications and the results were summarized in the tables below.

On 6 Dec 2012, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health co-published the “Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Food(GB 2763-2012)”, which will be uniquely and compulsorily implemented from 1 Mar 2013. Meanwhile, other 6 national standards and 10 industrial standards regarding pesticide MRLs will be repealed from then on.

The 11th plenary session of the 8th National Expert Committee for Pesticide Registration was concluded in Urumqi on 18th August. The experts have reviewed the submissions for full ICAMA registration. DuPont’s novel insecticide cyantraniliprole failed to convince the experts because of its effect on bee.

On November 16th, 2012, the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) has published a notice on its website announcing that the qualifications of 6 paraquat emergency agencies have been approved.

A seminar regarding China’s pesticide regulation was held by the ICAMA (the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture) in Hangzhou on Nov 12nd and 13rd. GuBaogen, the deputy director of the ICAMA, together with other government officials in the pesticide management field , have presented detailed information on the new “Regulation on Management of Agricultural Chemicals” and explained their preliminary thoughts on data requirements in the dossiers.

Recently, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has published the results of random checkings on the fertilizer products. The heads of the sub-standard companies were summoned to have a talk with AQSIQ.

  The ICAMA (Institute for the control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture) has examined the paraquat emergency agencies’ qualification in dealing with herbicide-related incidents.

On October 10th, 2012, China Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has published importing quotas of fertilizer for FY2013. Totally 13.65 million tons of fertilizer will be alloted to domestic importing companies, consisting of 3.3 million tons of urea, 6.9 million tons of DAP, and 3.45 million tons of compound fertilizer.