Institute for the Control of
Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China (ICAMA) issued new
regulations on paraquat registration in early June, 2012, in a move to follow
the official decision to restrict paraquat SL in China
On
April 24, 2012, three Chinese governmental departments—the Ministry of
Agriculture (MOA), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine (AQSIQ) jointly proclaimed an announcement to restrict paraquat SL
in consideration of "human safety in agricultural production".
According to one term of the new regulations, all current product labels as
well as all current registrations and production permits of paraquat SL
products must be modified before Jan. 1, 2013, otherwise they will be cancelled
as a result. (Herbicides China News 1205: China
Specializing
in nationwide pesticide registration and administration with the main
responsibilities for registration, quality control, bioassay and residue monitoring
of pesticides, supervision of pesticide markets, information-sharing,
international cooperation and other services, in terms of paraquat
registration, ICAMA drew up detailed administrative regulations as below:
1.
All provincial institutes for the control of agrochemicals should immediately
stop administrative acceptance and sanction on the field experiments and the
application for registration of paraquat TK and paraquat SL (including single
SL and mixed SL).
2.
Paraquat SL manufacturers in China
a)
Paraquat SL manufacturers should provide the original registration certificate,
the original label specimen, the substance label, as well as new label
specimen, origin proof of TK, illustration of product composition, 24-hour
first aid hotline, etc., when they apply the modification of paraquat
registration;
b)
Safety warning slogan should be featured in new paraquat SL label specimen with
intense color contrast or large character size;
c)
New label specimen should also include 24-hour first aid hotline. And the
specialized 24-hour service of paraquat first aid should be provided by
experienced medical personnel in the general hospital.
3.
Those unmodified or unsanctioned paraquat labels will be cancelled and new
paraquat products without new label will be forbidden to come on the market in China
4.
Emetic, odor agents and colorant should be added into the paraquat TK products.
And those paraquat TK manufacturers who want to own paraquat SL export
qualification should apply for the paraquat SL export registration by modifying
current SL registrations with their active TK and SL registration certificates
and production permits after July 1, 2014, when all current registrations and
production permits of paraquat SL and mixed paraquat SL will be cancelled in
China except the export ones.
5.
Others:
a)
Paraquat TK source of SL manufacturers should be relatively stable, and must be
checked by ICAMA if the TK source changes;
b)
Paraquat SL manufacturers should ensure that current old-labelled paraquat will
be withdrawn from circulation in China after Dec. 31, 2013, and new-labelled
paraquat will also be withdrawn from Chinese market after July 1, 2016, when
all products of paraquat SL are forbidden to sell and apply in China. The SL
products are recommended to be packed in plastic bottles with thin bottleneck
in the future so that the liquid outflow time can be prolonged. It's necessary to
make a record of material purchase, production and sales, and the finished
paraquat SL should be companied with instruction, first aid booklet and active
carbon;
c)
Provincial institutes for the control of agrochemicals should aggressively
promote and implement the decision about paraquat restriction. And examinations
and checks will be implemented by ICAMA and relevant governmental departments
in the future.
(Relative
background and details about the official decision of paraquat restriction in China were mentioned in Herbicides China News
1205: China
http://www.cnchemicals.com/Newsletter/NewsletterDetail_11.html
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