Agrochemical repackaging probed in Brazil

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Agrochemical repackaging probed in Brazil

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Agrochemical repackaging probed in Brazil

Brazil

Food-safety authorities have launched regulatory action against two agrochemical makers here, Germany-based BASF and Brazil’s Servatis Agro & Fine Chemicals, drawing a rebuke from four Brazilian trade associations that represent the agrochemical industry. Authorities accused Servatis of illegally repackaging BASF fungicide at BASF’s request. They charged BASF then illegally marketed this fungicide, saying that since the product had expired and had not been adequately tested before its repackaging and sale, it posed a potential health and environmental threat. Reprocessing, repackaging and sale of expired agrochemicals is legal in Brazil provided the products are tested to ensure they will not break down before their new expiration dates. Officials allege that the repackaging of the fungicide and the marketing of it occurred without adequate testing being... [Log in to read more]

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September 2011

Region

Region not hopeful about Durban climate meeting

For much of the last decade, Latin America has eagerly embraced the promise of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The United Nations agreement, under which developed ......

Mexico

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Argentina

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Brazil

Agrochemical repackaging probed in Brazil

Food-safety authorities have launched regulatory action against two agrochemical makers here, Germany-based BASF and Brazil’s Servatis Agro & Fine Chemicals, drawing a rebuke from four ......

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