China Accelerates Development of Testing and Assessment Guidelines for Pesticide Registration

China promulgated a new pesticide regulation last year which significantly increased the regulatory compliance obligations of stakeholders in regards to generation of efficacy and safety data. New requirements include the issuance of a positive list of labs accredited to generate required data, elevated technical criteria and the introduction of risk assessment. The 4 drafts below offer guidelines for undertaking various testing requirements for pesticides:

(*) Guideline for the testing of pesticide metabolism in livestock

(*) Guideline for the testing of pesticide residues in livestock

(*) Guidance on health risk assessment of public health pesticides

(*) Testing methods of public health pesticide residential exposure

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