In April 2026 the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) took steps in its sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal with the EU. The deal will see the UK adopt dynamic alignment of EU...
Researchers have developed groundbreaking tools that allow grasses - including major grain crops like maize - to act as living biosensors capable of detecting extremely small amounts of selected chemicals within the field. The goal was...
People living near vineyards are more exposed to plant protection products than those living far away from any crops. This is the unsurprising and main finding of the PestiRiv study, conducted jointly by Santé publique France...
A year after Europe’s mass farmers’ protests, a new pan-European survey highlights that nearly all farmers feel unsupported by political institutions, especially when it comes to accessing modern technologies they need to farm sustainably and competitively....
In November 2024, the 24th Fresenius Ecotox Conference was held in Düsseldorf, Germany. International experts from industry, regulating authorities, NGOs and academia met to present and discuss the latest developments such as Regulatory Updates, Sustainability within...
September 2024 saw the founding of the European Association of Regulatory Consultancies and Contract Research Laboratories; EACL. EACL is recognised as a registered stakeholder allowing its members to actively contribute to discussions by the European Union’s...
Do you have an interest in the future of plant protection products in Europe? To increase competitiveness, our sector is pushing innovation. There are developments in biocontrol with differentiated data requirements for micro-organisms, an increase in...
ANSES's (FR) Plant Health Laboratory Mycology Unit has developed a PCR test to distinguish the fungus responsible for citrus black spot from that of a recently discovered related species. This test will improve the ability to...
Latest research conducted by the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) in Spain has identified a protein that could make melons resistant to the destructive cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). This pathogen can infect over 1200...
The European Union's Plant Protection Regulation 1107/2009 requires a comprehensive evaluation of the genotoxic potential of the active substances contained within key products used by farmers for pest control and to maintain affordable food production in...
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