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Posted: Thu 20:57, 25 Jul 2013 Post subject: Catch 22" |
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and diseases. In an interview in February 2010 she said that there are currently 279 biopesticide actives approved in the USA, 77 under EU Annex 1 listing but only 14 approved for use in the UK. She argues that as growers continue to lose active ingredients for pest and disease control in the UK certain groups of biopesticides could be essential to the future of UK fruit. Speedy registration is therefore crucial to growers' continued economic and environmental viability but the situation is a classic "Catch 22" because there are two significant differences in the registration processes in the USA and Europe. While there has been a specific biopesticides registration process for 15 years in the USA, the product's effectiveness is not part of the registration process. In Europe,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], on the other hand,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], effectiveness does have to be proven as part of registration and that makes the process longer. It also makes it more expensive and this second difference may turn out to be more crucial. European markets are
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