On September 22, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs issued announcement 475 to announce the designation of 2 new testing institutes and expand the test scope of 2 existing labs, as well as amend administrative information of 5 existing labs.
| Testing Institute | Category | Test Scope |
1 | Shanghai Pesticide Research Institute Co., LTD. | Product Chemistry | Physical and chemical properties; |
Efficacy | Agricultural and forestry pesticide test (insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides) | ||
Residue | Crop residue test (laboratory and field trial) | ||
2 | Institute for Quality Safety and Nutrition of Agricultural Products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science | Environmental Impact |
Ecotoxicology Class B1 and C2 |
3 | Nanning Luduobang Agricultural Technology Co., LTD. | Efficacy | Agricultural and forestry pesticide test (insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and PGRs) |
4 | Xinjiang Yimu Liangtian Agricultural Service Co., LTD. | Efficacy | Agricultural and forestry pesticide test (insecticides and fungicides) |
Exiting Testing Institutes Subject to Non-technical Amendment | |||
1 | Suzhou Guochen Biotek Co.,LTD. | ||
2 | Institute for Parasite Prevention and Control, National Center for Disease Prevention and Control | ||
3 | Jiangsu Yaxin Tech. Co.,LTD. | ||
4 | Agricultural College of Sichuan Agricultural University | ||
5 | Institute for Quality Safety and Testing of Agricultural Products, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Science |