Pesticide Registrations and Actions

Other Actions

• The FDACS is proposing the addition of Murraya paniculata (orange jasmine) to the citrus greening host list.  This would prohibit the distribution of this plant from nurseries located in citrus greening quarantine areas.  The map is located at:  http://doacs.state.fl.us/pi/chrp/greening/cgmaps.html 
•  Although current EU legislation allows up to 0.9 percent adventitious presence of transgenes in organic food, the European parliament voted to lower the threshold to 0.1 percent when revised organic production and labeling standards are introduced later this year.  (Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, 4/9/07). 
•  The individual dockets for methyl bromide, 1,3-dichloropropene, metam sodium/potassium, dazomet, chloropicrin, and iodomethane have been posted on the U.S. government’s site (http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main).  There will be a public meeting in Ft. Myers on June 6th to gather public input regarding these fumigants.  The meeting will be at the Harborside Event Center, 1375 Monroe St. and will run from 9 AM to 5 PM.  For other meeting information, contact Nathan Mottl at 703 305-0208 or email mottl.nathan@epa.gov/  (Federal Register, 5/2/07).