On September 3, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs issued Announcement 468 to approve 26 new pesticides of 14 active ingredients first registered in China, including Nippon Soda’s Picarbutrazox fungicide, FMC’s Bixlozone, and a dozen biological pesticides developed by domestic companies.

On August 30, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs issued announcement 464 to designate 2 labs for pesticide registration and amend administrative information of 5 existing labs.

On June 23, 2021, China MoARA issued Announcement 439 to specify the test scope of 5 testing institutes newly designated for pesticide registration.

According to China Central Radio and Television, the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs (MoARA) said it will start a 3-year food safety campaign to control pesticide and veterinary drug residue and 10 highly toxic pesticides which are still in use today will be banned batchwise by 2024, including Phorate, Isocarbophos, Omethoate, Carbofuran, Methomyl, Ethoprophos, Isofenphos-methyl, Aldicarb, Chlorpicrin and Aluminium phosphide.

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is soliciting public opinions until July 2 on the registration of new rodenticidal active ingredient Bromethalin and 8 associated formulations.

On June 2, the US EPA invited a 15-day consultation on the registration of novel microbial nematicide Purpureocillium Lilacinum Strain PL11, including a manufacturing-use product and 2 end-use products.

On May 25, 2021, the US EPA released the draft risk assessments of Sulfuryl Fluoride, a residential fumigant targeting termites, powder post beetles, old house borers, bedbugs, carpet beetles, moths, cockroaches, rats, and mice.

On May 19, Health Canada published the its final re-evaluation decision regarding the risks to human health and environment from the neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid.

On March 3, 2021, Annex III, the list of unacceptable co-formulants, was published in fulfillment of Article 27 of the Plant Protection Products Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009. The accompanying regulation (EU) 2021/383 entered into force on March 24, 2021. The consequence of this is that from March 24, 2023, no plant protection products and additives may be on the market to which the substances on the list have been added as co-formulants. For unacceptable substances that end up in the product as a co-formulant-borne impurity, a threshold value of 0.1% by weight of the whole product applies.