Media Release
Letter to the editor | Response to ‘APVMA chemical recall policy changes with a nudge going a long way’
The Weekly Times’ recent editorials (5/7 and 6/7) confirms the complete misunderstanding and misreporting of the regulator’s risk assessments, Australia’s highly regulated agricultural chemical sector and the recall process powers under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994. The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority’s (APVMA’s) highly regulated system of registration, compliance and enforcement on crop protection products is equivalent to the regulation of human medicines in Australia. Using terms such as ‘self-regulation’ is…
