Fipronil Detected Using on Vegetables

Fipronil, a kind of phenylpyrazole insecticide, was traced on the vegetables in a vegetable market in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, in early June of 2012. As China has banned the sales and application of it since Oct. 2009 except for overseas sales, hygienic application and application as seed treatment on some crops, the news suddenly attracted the public in China who are very alert to such kind of food safety event in recent years, based on CCM International’s latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

 

However, different from other banned pesticide products used on agricultural produces which were exposed by media, many insiders in China took an attitude of being inured towards the illegal use of fipronil, and illegally adding fipronil into insecticide products as recessive composition is an open secret in domestic pesticide market. It is believed that this phenomenon may be caused by the incomplete ban on fipronil in China.

As a highly efficient insecticide, fipronil owns an excellent control effect against a wide range of pests on a variety of crops, especially the pests on rice like rice brown plant hopper. However, owing to its high toxicity to aquatic organisms and bees and long-lasting residue in soil and water, the Chinese government planned to ban the use of fipronil to protect the environment.

 

On 25 Feb., 2009, China's Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Ministry of Environmental Protection jointly released a notice to stop the approval of registration and production applications of formulations containing fipronil and to ban the production of related formulations from 1 April, 2009. The use and sales of pesticide formulations containing fipronil were banned from 1 Oct., 2009.

 

However, eyeing the good capacity of fipronil in managing cockroach and soil insects, the Chinese government didn't cancel the registration of fipronil formulation applied for sanitary pests and seed treatment. Besides, the production of fipronil TC for export and as the raw material of fipronil formulations for export were also not banned.

Therefore, there are still many companies that got registration of fipronil in China. According to the information from China Pesticide Information Network, up to 4 June, 2012, 59 kinds of fipronil products from 25 pesticide enterprises in China got production registration, including TC, SE, seed treatment agent, sanitary insecticide, etc.

 

As the production and use of fipronil as sanitary insecticide and seed treatment agent are allowed, it is difficult to ensure that all the pesticide enterprises, dealers and peasants in China will completely obey the banning law. As there is still no high-efficiency product in China to replace fipronil in managing flea beetle and thrips on vegetables, the complete ban on the use of fipronil in vegetable planting areas, especially in southern part of China, is still a very tough problem. Moreover, the regular insecticides from large pesticide enterprises are now facing an increasing insecticide resistance of vegetable insects, adding fipronil as recessive composition in regular insecticides becomes very popular in these areas.

 

Actually, fipronil is also illegally used in rice planting areas in China. Although some high efficient and low toxicity products have been developed and introduced to China, such as chlorantraniliprole and ethiprole, the higher profit of selling fipronil allows it to be illegally and frequently used in many rice planting areas in China.

Source: Crop Protection China News 1211

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Content of Crop Protection China News 1211:

Fipronil detected using on vegetables

Turbofus still popular in main sugarcane planting areas

New pesticide solvents for EW formulation developed

Mollic decreases sharply in China

Regulations on Agricultural Insurance to be released

ABA Chemicals to firstly involve in pesticide industry

Anhui Huilong to further expand in South China

Nantong Jiangshan to sell subsidiary

Ex-factory price of abamectin 95% TC increases sharply in early June 2012

Crop Protection China News, a semimonthly publication issued by CCM International on 15th and 30th(31st) of every month, aims to gain a deep insight into Chinese market, supply the latest market data and strategy support, analyze the newest legislation and policy and grasp the future market trend.

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DuPont Fighting against Counterfeit in China Pesticide Industry

After more than one year’s efforts on cracking down fake products of Kangkuan, DuPont China has achieved some success. However, faced with numberless infringers, the road of DuPont's rights safeguard in China is destined to be difficult, according to CCM’s latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

DuPont’s Kangkuan is considered to be one of the most outstanding insecticides in the world. However, its high price and great profit have provided the hotbed for the production and sale of fake products of Kangkuan in China. Many domestic pesticide players illegally produce and sell fake products of Kangkuan, causing a lot of trouble to domestic pesticide market and agriculture.

Actually, DuPont is not the only international pesticide enterprise who has suffered the pain of products being imitated in China. Regent (commercial name of fipronil) and Envidor (commercial name of spirodiclofen), insecticides developed by Bayer (a famous chemical and pharmaceutical company in the world), and azoxystrobin, a fungicide product developed by Syngenta, are all infringed during their patent protection period in China.

DuPont's great effort and investment in the fighting against counterfeiting actions in recent years has set up a good example for domestic pesticide enterprises. DuPont not only states its viewpoint on detesting infringement, but also pushes Chinese government and domestic pesticide players to realize the importance of pesticide innovation. However, more efficient pesticide innovation in China may still need years to go.

The following highlights are covered in Crop Protection China News 1116:

-After more than one year’s efforts on cracking down fake product of Kangkuan, DuPont China has achieved some success. However, the road of DuPont's rights safeguard in China is still tough.

-Shenghua Biok gains USD1.13 million interest from entrusted loan, accounting for nearly 10% of its net profit in H1 2011.

-Since July 2011, Southwest and Northwest China have successively suffered a severe drought.

-ABA Chemicals announces that it is to launch IPO on Aug. 29, 2011 on GEM at Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

-The production in Nantong Jiangshan's production base was suspended due to the destruction of power supply device caused by thunderstorms and tornadoes on Aug. 17, 2011.

-Two main subsidiaries of Jiangsu Yangnonog are caught due to environmental problems recently and may be forced to suspend production and relocate in the future.

-According to NATESC, China will suffer great pests and diseases outbreak in most crop planting areas in South and North China in Sept. and Oct. 2011.

-Pesticide export continued to increase in Q2 2011.

-In 2011, Nanjing Jiukang began to sell its new product botanical insecticide azadirachtin on the Internet.

 (Guangzhou China, September 5, 2011)

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Hardship: Road of DuPont’s Safeguarding Rights in China

Although the anti-counterfeiting actions have obtained certain achievement, some similar infringements still carry on in domestic pesticide market, being driven by excessive profit. By searching the key words of domestic Kangkuan or chlorantraniliprole on the Internet, it is not difficult to find out the information about the domestic suppliers. Faced with numberless infringers, the road of DuPont's rights safeguard in China is destined to be difficult, according to CCM’s latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

Actually, DuPont is not the only international pesticide enterprise who has suffered the pain of products being imitated in China. Regent (commercial name of fipronil) and Envidor (commercial name of spirodiclofen), insecticides developed by Bayer (a famous chemical and pharmaceutical company in the world),  and Azoxystrobin, a fungicide product developed by Syngenta, are infringed during their patent protection period in China.

With the character of highly efficiency and lowly toxic, Kangkuan is considered to be one of the most outstanding insecticides in the world. However, its high price and great profit have provided the hotbed for the production and sale of fake Kangkuan in China. Eyeing the short-term interests, many domestic pesticide players ignore the law of patent protection to get involved in illegally producing and selling fake Kangkuan which might cause a lot of trouble to domestic pesticide market and agriculture.

Under this situation, DuPont and some experts in China are now worrying a serious problem which can't be ignored in the near future, pets' resistance to Kangkuan. Immoderately adding composition of Kangkuan into domestic pesticide products and wide range of misusage of the products may finally lead to the increased resistance of the target pets and shortens the usage life of the product. It is definitely harmful to DuPont and the development of the whole pesticide industry in the world.

DuPont's great effort and investment in the fighting against counterfeiting actions in recent years has set up a good example for domestic pesticide enterprises. DuPont not only states its viewpoint on detesting infringement, but also pushes Chinese government and domestic pesticide palyers to realize the importance of pesticide innovation. However, more efficient pesticide innovation in China may still need years to go.(Guangzhou China, September 5, 2011)

Source: Crop Protection China News 1116

http://www.cnchemicals.com/Newsletter/NewsletterDetail_16.html

Content of Crop Protection China News 1116:

Hardship: Road of DuPont’s safeguarding rights in China

Entrusted loan boosts profit of some domestic pesticide enterprises

Severe drought hits Southwest China

ABA Chemicals to launch IPO

Nantong Jiangshan may not escape from deficit in 2011

Jiangsu Yangnong trapped in environmental scandal

Pests and diseases outbreak influences domestic pesticide demand

China's pesticide export in H1 2011 exceeds H1 2008

Nanjing Jiukang sells pesticide on the internet

Occurrence area of rice pest and disease in Sichuan Province, July 2011

Average market price of main crops in China (Aug. 31, 2011)

Crop Protection China News, a semimonthly publication issued by CCM International on 15th and 30th(31th) of every month, aims to gain a deep insight into Chinese market, supply the latest market data and strategy support, analyze the newest legislation and policy and grasp the future market trend.

Please visit http://www.cnchemicals.com/ for more information or contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com

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