Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office v. ANVISA and Union

Reference :

0021371-49.2014.4.01.3400

Complaint date :

No description

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

Brazil, Brasilia

Plaintiffs types :

Justice

Plaintiffs names :

Ministèrio Público Federal

Defendants :

Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), União

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

No description

Case nature :

Civil court

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Herbicide, , Carbofuran, Paraquat, Glyphosate, Fungicide, Methyl parathion, Lactofen, Abamectin, Thiram

Requests :

Do not grant new authorizations for products containing the active ingredients listed and suspend existing authorizations.

Name of the Court :

Federal Regional Court of Brasilia, Brazil

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

September 3, 2018

Decision nature :

Negative

Decision content :

The decision of 8.3.2018 that the Union must not grant new registries of products containing the active ingredients abamectin, glyphosate and thiram and must suspend the registration of all products containing these substances within 30 days until ANVISA completes the toxicological re-evaluation is overturned.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

The Federal Public Ministry requests the withdrawal of authorisations for pesticides based on the active ingredients glyphosate, thiram, abamectin and wins at the Federal Court. 8.24.2018, the Union's Advocate General has contested the decision and the Court may reverse its decision. 9.4.2018, the decision to suspend is overturned.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.