Pesticide Registrations and Actions

Food Related Actions

•  On March 12, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) approved the experimental use of seven B.t. corn seed lines in the state by Syngenta Seeds, Inc.  The permit has been assigned EPA EUP No. 67979-EUP-6 and is authorized through October, 2009.  (PREC Agenda, 4/3/08).
• On March 19, the EPA notified the FDACS that it had issued the section 18 specific exemption for the use of thiophanate (Topsin®) to control post-bloom fruit drop and stem-end rot in citrus.  The exemption expires on March 19, 2009.  (FDACS letter of 3/26/08). 

•  Based on a request by Valent U.S.A. Corporation and IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the herbicide flumioxazin (Valor®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include blueberry (subgroup 13B), melons (subgroup 9A), okra, and fruiting vegetables (group 8).  (Federal Register, 3/5/08).

•  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the miticide bifenazate (Acramite®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include acerola, black sapote, canistel, feijoa, guava, jaboticaba, longan, lychee, mango, papaya, passionfruit, succulent pea and bean (subgroup 6B), sapodilla, mamey sapote, star apple, starfruit, edible podded legume vegetables (subgroup 6A).  (Federal Register, 3/5/08).

•  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the fungicide boscalid (Endura®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include black sapote, canistel, mamey sapote, mango, papaya, sapodilla, and star apple.  (Federal Register, 3/28/08).

•  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the fungicide myclobutanil (Rally®/Nova®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include black sapote, canistel, cilantro, leafy greens (except spinach) (subgroup 4A), mango, mamey sapote, okra, papaya, sapodilla, star apple, and fruiting vegetables except tomato.  (Federal Register, 3/26/08).

•  Based on a request by IR-4 and BASF, the EPA has approved tolerances for the fungicide pyraclostrobin (Headline®/Cabrio®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include avocado, black sapote, canistel, mango, papaya, mamey sapote, sapodilla, and star apple.  (Federal Register, 3/24/08).

•  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the herbicide dicamba.  Tolerances of importance in Florida include sweet corn.  (Federal Register, 4/2/08).

•  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the insecticide flonicamid (Beleaf®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include leafy green brassicas (subgroup 5B), okra, radish tops, turnip greens, root vegetables (subgroup 1B), tuberous and corm vegetables (subgroup 1C), as well as animal meat/fat/byproducts.  (Federal Register, 4/2/08).

•  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the insecticide spiromesifen (Oberon®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include bean (succulent and edible-podded), and cowpea as well as animal meat/fat/byproducts.  (Federal Register, 3/12/08).

•  Based on a request by Arysta LifeScience, the EPA has approved tolerances for the miticide acequinocyl (Kanemite®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include grape and pecan.  (Federal Register, 4/2/08).

•  Valent U.S.A. Corporation’s fungicide fluopicolide (Presidio®) was registered by the EPA in February to control oomycetes and downy mildew in leafy vegetables, cucurbits, fruiting vegetables, and grapes.  Fluopicolide is a member of the acylpicolides, and it has translaminar and systemic properties.  (Citrus & Vegetable Magazine, March 2008).