According to the announcement made by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China on January 13, 231 pesticide products were granted a pesticide production approval certificate, including three EC formulations from Anhui Meiland Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. Those are among the first batch of emulsion products granted with the production approval certificate since the implementation of the standard on limits of harmful solvents in emulsion pesticides on March 1, 2014.

The approval of the first batch of new-type EC products manufactured by domestic enterprises marks the beginning of the upgrading and replacement of solvents. New, highly environmentally compatible green solvents are encouraged to be used in new emulsion formulas to gradually replace traditional EC solvents and realize the sustainable development of EC solvents. The subsequent approval of such certificate of EC products is also worth paying attention to.