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PA EPA AND CANADIAN PMRA COMPLETE JOINT REVIEW TO REGISTER NEW REDUCED RISK FUNGICIDE
Release Date: 04/17/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998
EPA AND CANADIAN PMRA COMPLETE JOINT REVIEW
TO REGISTER NEW REDUCED RISK FUNGICIDE
TO REGISTER NEW REDUCED RISK FUNGICIDE
A new reduced risk fungicide has been registered by EPA and the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) that have been working together on their first joint review conducted under the North American Free Trade Agreement. EPA has approved the product for use in the U.S. on a broad range of fruit and nut crops, including almonds, grapes, apples, pears, peaches, cherries, nectarines, plums, prunes and other crops. The new product was developed by Novartis, Greensboro, N.C., and will be marketed by its trade name, Vangard. The active ingredient of Vangard is a chemical known as cyprodinil. The review of cyprodinil was expedited under NAFTA because it is a reduced risk product that is less toxic to humans than several fungicides currently used on fruit and nut crops. Under NAFTA, EPA and Canada are seeking to jointly review and register reduced risk pesticides on an expedited basis, and to provide regulatory consistency across borders. In addition, the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) directs EPA to give priority to the registration of reduced risk pesticides and requires the development of new standards that are more protective of children. EPA and the Canadian PMRA accomplished their review and registered cyprodinil in less one year. More information on cyprodinil is available on EPA’s website at: https://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/international/naftaturg.
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