For the past one and a half year, REACH24H Consulting Group has successfully completed the approval application of active substance under EU BPR regulation, and helped three Asia companies to be listed onto the BPR Article 95 List. These achievements have made REACH24H the only consulting group in Asia to independently accomplish the BPR registration application for new active substances. The achievements also contribute a lot to the companies’ competitiveness in the EU market and make it possible for them to compete for million dollar orders.

Chinese farmers spend on average 45 CNY per ton on postharvest treatment of citrus fruits. Most of the agrochemicals used target blue mold, green mold, black rot, stem-end rot, oospora rot, anthracnose and are also used for preservative purposes. China’s annual citrus yield is over 30 million tons and is estimated to be worth as much as 1.3 billion Yuan.

In the United States, the overarching regulation on pesticide management is the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act(FIFRA), which specifies the definition of a pesticide as: any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest, or use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant, as well as any nitrogen stabilizer. On day two of the Chemical Regulatory Annual Conference, Mr. Robert Kiefer from Reach24H USA introduced the regulatory system of pesticide and antimicrobial products in the US. Overview of Requirements for US Pesticide Registration Laws and Regulations All pesticides (including imported pesticide) sold or distributed in the US are required to be registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).However, if the substance falls under the category of liquid chemical sterilizing agent, nitrogen stabilizer, human drug, animal drug, animal feeds (vitamin hormone products) or is intended to aid the growth of desirable plants, it is excluded from regulation by FIFRA. In addition, pesticides are regulated by the EPA under a series of supporting regulations. The name and EPA’s function under associated regulations are summarized as follow: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) – requires all pesticides sold or distributed in the U.S. (including imported pesticides) to be registered by EPA Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) – requires EPA to set pesticide residue tolerances for all pesticides used in or on food Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) – established safety criteria of “reasonable certainty of no harm”, and EPA must review pesticide registrations every 15 years Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 (PRIA) – established pesticide registration fees and defined Agency  timelines Regulations implementing the pesticide statutes a

The last change and development of China disinfectants management are frequent and significant. what has  happened and what's the new requirements of regulatory compliance in China? what's the most relevant issues?

On May 24 2013, the MIIT issued a notice that the approvals for pesticide of several arsenic pesticide products have been revoked due to their inclusion into the elimination list.

Numbers of incidents involving fipronil violation have occurred in China and officials from Ministry of Agriculture emphasized that competent authorities will strengthen supervisions the market and uses of the products and illegalities will be seized and punished.

Biocidal products in China are classified and administrated as different kinds of commercial products in terms of their various application targets and application areas, the 23 types of products in the EU BPR are regulated as pesticides, veterinary drugs, medicines, food or feed additives, disinfectants, drinking water-relevant products, etc. in China.

Shandong Bureau of Quality Supervision (QSB) inspected the insecticides in the market and two of the products were found sub-standard.