{"id":7413,"date":"2018-10-29T16:46:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=7413"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:49:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:49:04","slug":"suspension-of-metam-use-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/regulatory-watch\/suspension-of-metam-use-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspension of Metam use in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hover_box\"><div class=\"hover_box_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid visible_photo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/actu_metabolite_v.jpg\" alt=\"Suspension of Metam use in France\" width=\"\" height=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid hidden_photo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/drapeau_france.jpg\" alt=\"Suspension of Metam use in France\" width=\"\" height=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In October, many cases of poisoning were reported in Maine et Loire following the spreading of metam.<\/p>\n<p>The Prefecture of Maine et Loire issued a press release on 12 October 2018 suspending the use of any phytosanitary product containing Metam in Maine et Loire until 26 October 2018.<\/p>\n<p>You will find attached the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Communiqu\u00e9-Pr\u00e9fecture-MAINE-ET-LOIRE-METAM.pdf\">press release from the prefecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the reasons mentioned, these intoxications are due to a failure to comply with the technical conditions for applying the product but also to the current climatic conditions, which make the soil too dry and too hot for a safe application of this substance.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension of use has just been extended to the whole French territory following the publication of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Arr\u00eat\u00e9-25-10-18.pdf\">attached decree of 25 October 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The use of plant protection products containing the active substance \u201cmetam\u201d or \u201cmetam-sodium\u201d is therefore suspended until 31 January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Metam is an EU authorised substance, five commercial solutions containing this active ingredient are currently authorised in France for soil treatment.<\/p>\n<p>For any technical, pricing or regulatory information, please feel free to contact us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; In October, many cases of poisoning were reported in Maine et Loire following the spreading of metam. The Prefecture of Maine et Loire issued<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-7413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulatory-watch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7413"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=7413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}