wilson bc congress 2020 v2
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BC Congress – February 18, 2020
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Bill FrantzNew Executive Director
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Role of the CI (John)
• Search for new chemicals ‐> registered for use
• Organize/prioritize horticultural research
• MRLs – prioritize and track
Regulatory Update
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New US labels approved
New US and Canada label approved
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EU MRL Issues
• Chlorothalonil – expected loss late 2020/early 2021– Chlorpyrifos – expected loss May 2020
– Quinclorac – IT expected 2022
• Glyphosate – Approved by EFSA – political issue.
• Many countries affected by EU actions – WTO working on response to EU.
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New Chemicals MRLs
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Horticultural Research
• Our role is to organize/prioritize research proposals.
• Use grower money and industry money as efficiently as possible.
• Transparency
• Encourage inter‐regional projects
• $700,000 to $900,000 get distributed
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NACREW 2019 – British Columbia
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“New Chemicals” Meets MRLs
• Screening continues but has changed.–Chemical specificity
–Crop grouping
–More biological controls
• MRLs prevent new chemicals from being used.
• Codex losing relevance
• Changing regulations between US and Canada
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Priority US Can Codex EU AUS CHN JPN IND KOR
Difenoconazole(Quadris Top)
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Fluopyram(Propulse)
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Fenbuconazole(Indar)
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Exirel ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
New Chemicals MRLs
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