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Italy grants "emergency use" Cedroz authorisation
Italy grants "emergency use" Cedroz authorisation.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 1726X Eden Research plc 26 April 2019 \n\n \n \n \n26 April 2019\n \nEden Research plc\n \n(\"Eden\" or \"Company\")\n \nItaly grants \"emergency use\" authorisation for Cedroz to meet grower demands\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, Eastman Chemical Company (\"Eastman\"), has received a 120 day \"emergency use\" authorisation for Eden's nematicide formulation, marketed as Cedroz™ by Eastman, from the Italian Ministry of Agriculture. 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. During this period, Italy and other member states will continue to process Eastman's request for the authorised use and sale of Cedroz following Malta's earlier authorisation. \nCedroz is an innovative and sustainable solution designed to fight plant parasitic nematodes, pests that are known to cause severe damage to crops globally in both open field and greenhouse horticulture, resulting in significant yield losses and increasing growers' costs.\nIn line with consumer demand and a policy push for products that support sustainable agriculture with greatly reduced or no pesticide residues, Cedroz is an attractive alternative for farmers looking to fight plant parasitic nematodes in a safer and more sustainable way. Unlike many other products, Cedroz will have no set maximum residue level and a zero-day pre-harvest interval, thereby allowing applications right up to harvest, when required. \nAs previously announced, Malta has recently authorised the use of Cedroz on a wide range of crops, including cucumbers, courgettes, melons, aubergine, peppers, tomatoes and strawberries marking the initial authorisation for Cedroz in the EU. Following the authorisation by Malta, the concerned Member States (\"cMS\") must grant their individual approvals for the sale and use of Cedroz within their jurisdictions. ...