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Grant of 'Emergency use' authorisation
Grant of 'Emergency use' authorisation.
About this update from Eden Research Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9444G Eden Research plc 29 July 2019 \n\n \n \nThe information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.\n \nEden Research plc\n \n(\"Eden\" or \"Company\")\nFrance grants 120-day \"emergency\" authorisation for use on apples\n \nEden Research plc (AIM: EDEN), the AIM listed company that develops and supplies breakthrough biopesticide products and natural microencapsulation technologies to the global crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries, is pleased to announce that its commercial partner, Sumi Agro France (\"Sumi Agro\"), has received a 120 day \"emergency use\" authorisation for Eden's fungicide, Mevalone, from the French authorities for the treatment of storage diseases on apples. Such \"emergency\" authorisations are allowed by EU member states when local regulatory authorities judge that they are needed in the local market in order to meet the requirements of growers in the absence of suitable commercially-available alternatives. \nSumi Agro has been selling Mevalone in France since receiving approval for the sale and use of Mevalone for the treatment of botrytis on table and wine grapes in January 2017. This 120-day derogation represents the first authorisation for the use of Mevalone on apples and for the treatment of post-harvest storage diseases. Under this 120-day derogation, Sumi Agro will sell Mevalone to apple producers who will apply Mevalone just prior to harvest. France is one of the top ten producers of apples globally and is the third largest producer in Europe. France is also the fifth largest exporter of apples globally by value.\nMevalone offer growers tremendous advantages by providing efficacy against important crop diseases with active ingredients that are exempt from residue limits and the ability to apply the product just prior to harvest. The benefits of Mevalone are further expanded in this new use as growers are now able to extend the shelf-life of apples and help to reduce food waste and cost in the supply chain. ...