World Agrochemical Network Chinese website reported: The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) originally scheduled to complete the glyphosate re-evaluation work before the October 1 deadline this year has been postponed again, or will be finalized in 2026.

The CAFC’s previous ruling held that due to flaws in the US EPA’s carcinogenicity analysis of glyphosate, the human health section of the glyphosate reassessment interim decision should be vacated.

At the same time, CAFC also believes that because the US EPA has not issued the relevant “effects determination (effects determination)”, it does not list the impact of glyphosate on endangered species in detail, so it requires the review (remand) rather than the withdrawal (vacate) of glyphosate temporarily. Contents of the ecological risk assessment section of the resolution.
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the US EPA had planned to complete the re-evaluation of glyphosate by the Oct. 1 deadline of this year.

However, according to the current CAFC ruling, the department had to withdraw the now-formed glyphosate re-evaluation provisional decision for further revision and improvement, while US EPA expects the glyphosate re-evaluation work to be postponed to 2026 for final completion .

As the plaintiff participating in the glyphosate re-evaluation lawsuit, the Center for Food Safety, a non-profit organization in the United States, believes that the US EPA’s approach is victorious and despicable, an irresponsible evasion, and an extension of time. Fix its own violations.

The agency also stated that the most reasonable course of action for US EPA at this stage is to immediately cancel the registration of glyphosate.

Glyphosate is still allowed to be sold and used in the U.S.

Since the US EPA is indeed unable to form a new glyphosate ecological risk assessment analysis before October 1 based on the CAFC’s opinion, it has to choose to withdraw the existing glyphosate re-assessment work until 2026.

At the same time, the US EPA also issued a statement, emphasizing that the registered products containing glyphosate are still allowed to be sold, and can also be used according to the existing product labels.

Producers remain optimistic about the future of glyphosate

Despite a series of litigation issues, agrochemical giant Bayer has confirmed that it will stop selling glyphosate-containing herbicides to the US lawn and garden weeding market from 2023, but Bayer also said that the incident will not affect itself. Registration of glyphosate herbicide.

At the same time, the company also believes that based on sufficient scientific data and the assessment conclusions of other pesticide regulatory authorities around the world, it will still be sufficient to prove that glyphosate, a herbicide that has been widely used for decades, is safe and non-carcinogenic. of.