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The registration of biopesticides and the application of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) are today a decisive factor in facilitating trade and protecting consumers and the phytosanitary status of countries. Today a lack of harmonization can be found in the procedures of these areas, therefore, the Foreign Agricultural Service / United States Department of Agriculture (FAS / USDA) has invested financial and technical resources to work collaboratively with IICA to support the development of technical, institutional, regulatory, commercial and political capacities in these fields of biopesticides and MRLs. The project will work with countries of the Andean and central region, as well as eventually with some countries of the southern region; besides,
General objective:
Implement technical and institutional conditions of the Andean and central countries, strengthened to promote harmonization in regulatory aspects concerning biopesticides and the application of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs).
Specific objectives:
The Andean countries have identified a road map to advance in the processes of harmonization of registration requirements and definition of maximum residue limits, biopesticides and registration of chemical pesticides for agricultural use.
The countries of the central region have developed a draft of regional regulations on the issues of registration of PQUA, biopesticides and alignment of maximum residue limits.
The Andean countries have begun to develop regional regulations on biopesticides.
The countries of the central region together with the project have sent to the SECAC the draft documents for RTCAs in biopesticides, MRLs and PQUA Registration. |
