The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is seeking public input on the imposition of bans on highly toxic and high-risk pesticides.

Release Date:

2019-01-08

On August 17, 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a letter soliciting opinions on imposing bans on four highly toxic and high-risk pesticides: phorate, aldicarb, isoprothiolane, and fipronil. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Seeks Public Input on Banning Highly Toxic and High-Risk Pesticides On December 12, a reporter consulted the Pesticide Electronic Handbook and found that, within the current registration validity period, there are 69 registered products containing phorate—36 single‑ingredient formulations, 31 formulated mixtures, and 2 technical grades. These products are available in three formulation types: granules, suspension seed coatings, and powder‑granule blends. The active ingredients commonly combined with phorate include carbofuran, phoxim, carbendazim, triadimefon, and thiram. The primary registrations…

　　On August 17, 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a letter soliciting opinions on four highly toxic and high-risk substances: phorate, aldicarb, isoprothiolane, and fipronil. Pesticide Opinion on the adoption of prohibition measures.
　　Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Highly Toxic and High-Risk Substances Pesticide Soliciting opinions on the adoption of prohibition measures
　　On December 12, the reporter… Pesticide A review of the electronic manual reveals that, within the current registration validity period, there are 69 registered products containing phorate: 36 single‑ingredient formulations, 31 formulated mixtures, and 2 technical grades. The available product forms include granules, suspension seed coatings, and powder‑granule formulations. Combinations with other active ingredients comprise carbofuran, phoxim, carbendazim, triadimefon, and thiram. The primary registered crops and target pests/ diseases include… Cotton Cutworms, cotton aphids, and mites, Peanut Underground pests, aphids, Wheat Underground pests, sheath blight, sorghum aphids, Corn Soil-dwelling pests, sheath blight, and other issues. Since the issuance of the public consultation letter to the present day, nine phorate‑based compound formulations have still been registered.
　　Highly toxic Pesticide During the registration validity period, there are only two products containing aldicarb, namely Shandong Huayang. Pesticide Chemical Group Co., Ltd. has 80% technical grade active ingredient and 5% granular formulation; the formulated product is registered for the control of sweet potato stem nematode disease, Cotton Aphids, Peanut Nematodes, tobacco aphids, and rose red spider mites; application methods include furrow application and hole application.
　　At present, there are 29 products containing phosmet that remain within their registration validity period, including 13 single‑ingredient formulations, 14 formulated mixtures, and 2 technical grades. All registered product types are emulsifiable concentrates, and the target crops for control include rice and… Cotton The target pests include thrips, red spider mites, cotton bollworms, stem borers, weevils, aphids, rice stem borers, and Asian rice stem borers, among others. Formulations combining isocarbophos with active ingredients such as lambda‑cyhalothrin, imidacloprid, methomyl, phoxim, triazophos, cypermethrin, fenvalerate, and malathion are available. As of the date of issuance of the public consultation notice, no isocarbophos‑based products remain registered.
　　Currently, there are four products containing flufenoxuron that remain registered and valid; all are public‑health insecticides. As of the date of issuance of the consultation notice, no flufenoxuron‑containing products are registered.
　　At present, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is seeking public input on the ban. If no objections are raised by all stakeholders, this announcement is expected to take effect in the near future. Once the announcement is officially implemented, products currently authorized within the specified validity period will face measures such as revocation of their registration certificates or reclassification for export‑only use.