The re-evaluation of glyphosate in the United States will be extended to 2026, and related products can still be sold and used normally

The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has postponed the re-review of glyphosate, which was scheduled to be completed before the October 1 deadline this year, and may be finalized
in 2026.

The U.
S.
Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) issued its latest decision on September 23, 2022, in response to the
U.
S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (CAFC) in July regarding the re-evaluation of glyphosate.

CAFC's previous ruling held that the human health section
of the interim decision on glyphosate should be revoked due to flaws in the analysis of glyphosate carcinogenicity conducted by the US EPA 。 At the same time, CAFC also believes that because the US EPA has not yet published the relevant "effects determination" and therefore does not list the impact of glyphosate on endangered species, it requires a review of the ecological risk assessment section of the glyphosate interim decision (remand) rather than revocation
.

Under the Federal Insecticides, Fungicides, and Rodenticides Act (FIFRA), the US EPA had planned to complete the re-evaluation of glyphosate by the October 1 deadline
.
However, according to the current CAFC ruling, the department had to withdraw the now-established interim decision on the re-evaluation of glyphosate in order to further revise and improve it, and the US EPA expects the re-review of glyphosate to be postponed until 2026
.

The glyphosate re-evaluation plaintiff reacted strongly

As the plaintiff involved in the glyphosate re-evaluation lawsuit, the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit organization, believes that the US EPA's approach is a victory and a despicable approach, an irresponsible evasion, and an extended time to repair its own violations
.

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

Glyphosate is still allowed to be sold and used in the United States

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

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

Producers remain optimistic about the future market for glyphosate

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

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

Source: Ruio Technology