Media Release
APVMA performance drop costs Australian farmers millions
In written answers just provided to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) have reported escalating delays in registrations of new cutting edge agricultural crop protection chemicals. Now more than one in nine applications for new product registrations have not been completed within the legislated assessment period. These delays are leaving Australian farmers exposed to millions of dollars annually in preventable crop losses. While the…
