Map records 63 products formulated for pest control in agriculture

Act No. 37 of the Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs of the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense, published this week in the Official Gazette of the Union, registers 63 formulated products, that is, pesticides that will effectively be available for use by farmers. Of these, 14 are low impact, with six intended for use in organic agriculture.

With the publication, in 2023 there will be 214 registered products, 48 ​​of which are classified as low impact, which highlights the growing concern with sustainable agricultural practices.

All products included in this Act are already registered assets, which means for farmers access to a variety of formulated products approved for use in their activities.

The registration of generic pesticides is important to reduce market concentration and increase competition, which results in fairer trade and lower production costs for Brazilian agriculture.

All registered products were analyzed and approved by the bodies responsible for health, environment and agriculture, according to scientific criteria and in line with the best international practices.

Registered commercial products and their active ingredients:  Acemip (acetamiprid); Apice (terbuthylazine; tolpiralate); Auba (artifact, teros and nerut) (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, CEPA CN-307); Audace (glufosinate); Avoltec (isocycloseram); Beleaf (flonicamide); Bionature BM (beauveria bassiana, isolate IBCB 66; Metarhikum anisopliae, isolate IBCB 425); Brave (haloxyfop-P-methyl; glufosinate); Brucia (tolpiralate); BTP 066-20 SC (Bacillus thuringiensis, isolates CCTB22 and CCTB25); BTP 152-21 (extract from Azadirachtin indicates); BTP 152-21A (extract from Azadirachtin indicates); BTP 152-21B (extract from Azadirachtin indicates); BTP 156-21 (extract from Azadirachtin indicates); BTP 156-21A (extract from Azadirachta indicates); BTP 156-21B (extract from Azadirachtin indicates); BTP 173-21 (Trichoderma harzianum, isolate IBLF 1278; Trichoderma harzianum, isolate IBLF 1282; Trichoderma viride, isolate IBLF 1275; Trichoderma viride, isolate IBLF 1276); BV1418 (Isaria javanica, Isolate BV14); Compray (clomazone); Cotesiabug (cotesia flavipes); Delros 25 EC (deltamethrin); Dexterity (lambda-cyhalothrin; acetamiprid); Dissara (Bacillus thuringiensis S 234; Metarhizium rileyi CG 1153); Elios 800 WG (flutriafol); Esbrilha Mixx (Atrazine; mesotrione; S-metolachlor); Feat (amicarbazone, 2,4-D diethanolamine salt); Frontier Control (Bacillus velezensis, Strain Labim 40); Galapus (chlorothalonil); Glyphosate G 480 Helm (glyphosate, isopropylamine salt); Glifumax 72% HL (glyphosate, ammonium salt); Glysate 608 PRO (glyphosate, dimethylamine salt); Gratto Meta (Metarhikum anisopliae, isolate IBCB 425); Juvix (aminocyclopyrachlor); Juvix BR (aminocyclopyrachlor); Kaiso Max (imidacloprid; lambda-cyhalothrin); Mibelya (fluxapyroxad; mefentrifluconazole); Milagrum Plus (Bacillus subtilis strain IABBS03); Minos Caps 360 CS (clomazone); Mirah (beauveria bassiana, isolate IBCB 66); Mol 2,4D 806 SL (2,4-D amine); Openeem Valente (extract from Azadirachta indicates); Openeem Vivaz (extract from Azadirachta indicates); OXI 0111 BF (cyproconazole; picoxystrobin; copper oxychloride); PHC 25279 WP (Peptide Derived from Harpin Protein - PDPH); Picloram Nortox (picloram); Pilarthrobin (azoxystrobin); Pyraclostrobin 250 EC Yonon (pyraclostrobin); Pizin Xtra (pymetrozine); Primordim (trifloxystrobin; cyproconazole); Protecphos 56 (aluminum phosphide); Raker (tolpiralate); Rotachlor 960 EC (S-metolachlor); S-metolachlor 960 EC Perterra (S-metolachlor); S-Metolachlor Nortox (S-metolachlor); Sapek 200 SL (glufosinate - ammonium salt); Sfagi (imazapique; imazapyr); Solubio Raiz Performance (Bacillus subtilis, isolate CCT 7993); Sulfometuron Nortox (sulfometuron methyl); Terrad'or 700 WG (thiafenacil); Titã (Metarhizium anisopliae, isolate IBCB 425); Torban Plus (picloram, triisopropanolamine salt; 2,4-D, triisopropanolamine salt); Tucano (flumioxazine); and Check Mate WG (glyphosate, ammonium salt - acid equivalent of glyphosate).

Demystifying pesticides

Why are there so many pesticide registrations in Brazil?

The issuance of a pesticide registration certificate is a legal obligation, provided for in item II of art. 5 of Decree No. 4.074/2002 and can only be approved after analysis by Mapa and federal health and environmental agencies. Most of the certificates released have simply been requests from companies, which comply with current legislation for registration, for the purpose of opening new markets for products identical to those that are already registered. In other words, compared to medicines, we can call these products “generic”.

Is there any advantage to issuing pesticide registration requests?

Just as in the pharmaceutical industry, a greater number of registrations of similar products that meet the requirements required by legislation, tends to increase competition and consequently lower the price of this input, which is one of the products that most increases production costs for the company. agriculture. By making this type of input cheaper, production costs tend to fall, and consequently food prices may also fall. This makes it possible to bring more food to more people’s tables.

Are these records that Mapa has made of products that cause cancer?

Law 7.802/1989, in its article 3, prohibits the registration of products that reveal teratogenic, carcinogenic or mutagenic characteristics, according to the updated results of experiments by the scientific community. In other words, if a product presents scientifically proven characteristics that cause cancer, that product cannot be registered in Brazil. But if these characteristics were discovered after registration, Anvisa reevaluates the product and it may be banned if carcinogenic characteristics are indeed proven. It is in the text of the law:

Art. 3 Pesticides, their components and the like, as defined in art. 2 of this Law, they may only be produced, exported, imported, sold and used, if previously registered with a federal body, in accordance with the guidelines and requirements of the federal bodies responsible for the health, environment and agriculture sectors. [...]

§ 6 The registration of pesticides, their components and the like is prohibited:

a) for which Brazil does not have methods for deactivating their components, in order to prevent their remaining residues from causing risks to the environment and public health;

b) for which there is no antidote or effective treatment in Brazil;

c) that reveal teratogenic, carcinogenic or mutagenic characteristics, in accordance with the updated results of experiments by the scientific community;

d) that cause hormonal disorders, damage to the reproductive system, in accordance with procedures and experiences updated in the scientific community;

e) that prove to be more dangerous to humans than laboratory tests using animals have been able to demonstrate, according to up-to-date technical and scientific criteria;

f) whose characteristics cause damage to the environment.

Are all registered products placed on the market?

Not all registered volume is actually sold. To this end, Ibama provides annual reports on the marketing of pesticides. As an example, in the last report the information is that in 2021, of the total of 2.962 formulated products available, only 1.379 (46,56%) products were sold and 1.510 (50,98%) products were not moved (zero production, imports, export, sales).

Why are the numbers published by Mapa not the same as those published in the media?

It is necessary to separate technical products from formulated products.

Technical products are chemical products with a high degree of purity and concentration of active ingredient that will later be used as a component in the production of formulated products, that is, they are not available for purchase by farmers when registered by Mapa. The formulated products are in fact the pesticides that will effectively be available for use by farmers. And that is why Mapa only publishes the formulated ones, which is when the product can be commercialized and will be used to control pests in agriculture.

Is organic produce actually a sustainable practice?

In general, innovations in pest control products have occurred through products of biological origin, which are products with little or no residue and are safe for the population. Currently, Brazil is being an international reference for the registration of biological-based products for pest control. For 2023, Mapa hopes to register more low-impact products than in previous years and, thus, make more tools available to control pests in the field in a way that is safe for the environment and humans.