Sourcing Network Insights: Malaysia MoA Issues Biopesticide Registration Data Requirements
31 May 2016 Malaysia’s Ministry of Agriculture released guidelines for biopesticide registration, according to a report from ChemLinked by REACH24H Consulting Group. The MoA’s guidelines provide data requirements for microbial and botanical registration. The guidelines incorporated the main requirements of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Guidance for Harmonizing Pesticide Regulatory Management in Southeast Asia (2012), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Guidelines on the Regulation, Use and Trade of Biological Control Agents (2014).
“Most countries, including Malaysia, hold a cautious attitude towards importation and use marcobials for biological control, considering the local ecology environment and structure of biological chain,” ChemLinked said. “As for semiochemicals, the regulatory situation is unclear and sometimes complicated due to efficacy testing and verification in some countries. However, in Maylasia, semiochemicals are not in the scope of ‘pesticide’, there is no need to registry the product and now semiochemicals are widely used commercially. According to ASEAN’s guidelines, by the end of 2013, the Malaysia authority approved total 46 biopesticides, with 35 microbial pesticides, 10 botanical pesticides, and 1 product mix.”
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