Brazil - Draft Resolution no. 262, 10 October 2016 on criteria for toxicological classification of pesticides, components, wood preservers and others, for comparison of pesticides toxic action The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency – ANVISA has issued draft Resolution no. 262, 10 October 2016, regarding criteria for toxicological classification of pesticides, components, wood preservers and others, for comparison of pesticides toxic action.This Draft Resolution approves the Technical Regulation which establishes the criteria for toxicological classification of pesticides, components, wood preservers and others, for comparison of pesticides toxic action. This Draft Resolution revokes the Guidelines and Exigencies of the Ministry of Health, regarding Register Authorization and Extension of Pesticides Use (DIRETRIZES E EXIGÊNCIAS DO MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE, REFERENTES À AUTORIZAÇÃO DE REGISTRO E EXTENSÃO DE USO DE AGROTÓXICOS E AFINS) approved by the Human Ecology and Environmental Health and Risk Assessment Divisions as Guidelines and Exigencies of the Ministry of Health, regarding Register Authorization and Extension of Pesticides Use (DIRETRIZES E EXIGÊNCIAS DO MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE, REFERENTES À AUTORIZAÇÃO DE REGISTRO E EXTENSÃO DE USO DE AGROTÓXICOS E AFINS) – no. 01, 9 December 1991, published on Brazilian Official Journal, 13 December 1991 and Endorsed by the Ordinance no. 03, 16 January 1992, from the Technical-Normative Department of the Sanitary Surveillance Secretariat of the Ministry of Health. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined after the end of the consultation period. Proposed date of publication : To be determined after the end of the consultation period. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or : 60 (sixty) days upon its publication. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or : 20 October 2016 | 
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