Exosect Joins IBMA Task Force
29 January 2008 Biocontrol company Exosect has become a member of the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) SCLP Registration Task Force, according to a company release.
Joining the group will allow Exosect to partner on regulatory matters with fellow biocontrol companies. Martin Brown, managing director of the company, said that “Under the EU agricultural/plant protection Directive 91/414, each active ingredient needs a separate Annex 1 listing in Europe, and each product using the pheromone needs to be registered, meaning that every manufacturer has to provide separate registration dossiers for each active and also for each product, even if in our case, we are just using the listed pheromones within our own products.”
David Cary, the Exosect representative for IBMA and the Task Force, added, “being part of the task force group, and with all the members working together, we have been able to submit one dossier between all the manufacturers for all SCLP pheromones, thereby sharing the cost of European registration and giving all members easy access to information on the listed pheromones. This will enable us all to register our crop protection products more efficiently for use across Europe.”
IBMA is a global association of biocontrol industries producing microorganisms, macroorganisms, semiochemicals (including pheromones), and natural pesticides for plant protection and public health. It was formed in 1995 to represent the views of biological control producers, including manufacturers, research organisations, extension services, consultants, and distributors to help develop the industry.
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