Press Release

January 30, 2017
  • Water & Soil

Public Comments are Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals"

The MOE is inviting public comments regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals". Comments will be accepted from January 30, 2017 to February 28, 2017.
The proposal will establish the registration withholding standards for the prevention of damage to aquatic animals and plants for 5 agricultural chemicals (isoxaben, oxpoconazole fumarate, pyraziflumid, flurprimidol, fosetyl-aluminium).

These standards will be established under Paragraph 2, Article 3 of the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law.
All procedures related to this invitation will be conducted in Japanese and comments must also be submitted in Japanese.
For further information, please visit the MOE's website at https://www.env.go.jp/info/iken.html (in Japanese only).

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