Media Release
Crop Protection
APVMA Performance: Improvement, But Still A Long Way To Go
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) performance statistics for the 2017 September quarter, released yesterday, highlights the continued poor timeframe performance for registration of crop protection products, reaffirming the need for urgent operational reforms. Matthew Cossey, Chief Executive Officer of CropLife Australia, said the APVMA’s performance improvement in crop protection product registrations from last quarter’s all-time low of just 24 percent finalised within the statutory timeframe for the June quarter, to 36 percent…