Requirements for pesticide registration data: Trials must be conducted within the territory of China.

Release Date:

2019-05-09

A common question posed by pesticide companies is: “For products we plan to register domestically, some of the required tests have already been completed—albeit in foreign laboratories. Can such test reports be accepted?” Article 16 of the Measures for the Administration of Pesticide Registration stipulates that registration test reports must be issued by testing institutions accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture, or by relevant overseas laboratories that have signed mutual recognition agreements with the competent authorities of the Chinese government; however, tests related to efficacy, residue, environmental impact, and other factors closely tied to environmental conditions, as well as registration trials involving biological species unique to China, must be conducted within China. In light of this provision, this article reviews Case No. 2569.

A common question posed by pesticide companies is: “For products planned for domestic registration, some of the required tests have already been completed, but these tests were conducted in foreign laboratories. Can such test reports be accepted?” Article 16 of the Measures for the Administration of Pesticide Registration stipulates: Registration trial reports shall be issued by registration trial institutions accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture, or by relevant overseas laboratories that have signed mutual recognition agreements with the competent authorities of the Chinese government; however, trials involving efficacy, residue levels, environmental impacts, and other factors closely related to environmental conditions, as well as registration trials for biological species unique to China, must be conducted within the territory of China. In response to this provision, this article reviews the explicit stipulation in Announcement No. 2569 that “tests must be conducted within the territory of China,” with the hope that readers will find a satisfactory answer therein.