Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) on August 8 passed a resolution of the Collegiate Council (RDC) to ban the use of carbendazim in agricultural production nationwide.
The Brazilian website "Metrópoles" reported that the decision was based on an investigation carried out by Anvisa's technical department. The investigation report pointed out that carbendazim products have the potential to induce cancer, impair human reproduction, affect human development, and "cannot determine a safe dose threshold."
Considering that carbendazim is widely used in the production of rice, soybeans and other important agricultural products, Anvisa passed the ban in order to protect the health of agricultural producers and the general public.
The ban applies to all products based on carbendazim that are currently registered or applied for registration in Brazil. According to Anvisa, Brazil currently has 41 related formula products and 33 technical products registered in Brazil, involving 24 enterprises.
According to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, carbendazim is one of the 20 most commonly used pesticides in Brazil. In order to avoid the immediate effect of the ban, which will cause producers to discard and incinerate purchased carbendazim products, thereby causing environmental pollution, the phase-out of this product will be carried out gradually.
From the date of the announcement of the RDC resolution, the import of related products will be banned immediately, the domestic production of the product will have a buffer period of 3 months, the domestic transaction of the product will have a buffer period of 6 months, and the export of the product will have a 12-month buffer period. buffer period.
