Biocontrol

BIOCONTROL REGULATORY SERVICES

Politically and socially there has been a great deal of debate, activity and progress towards a more sustainable use of our environmental resources to grow the food we need to feed an ever-increasing global population as well as trying to reduce the impact on biodiversity. The area of crop protection (pesticides) has been one such area that has seen the creation of regulatory frameworks such as in the European Union, USA and Brazil designed to support the registration of active substances and products that do not fit into the designation of conventional crop protection. They are often generically called “biocontrols” and can cover a multitude of diverse active substances and products. Biocontrols are often considered to be one of the solutions for sustainable crop production. In the European Union for example the biocontrol products will be an important enabler in the Farm-to-Fork objectives of the Green Deal.

There is no global definition for biocontrol and sometimes other terminology is used such as biopesticides, biological pesticides, natural pesticides, or biochemical pesticides. Generally, biocontrols fall into the following categories:

Microorganisms/Microbials -bacteria, fungi, viruses and viroids
Macroorganisms/Macrobials – beneficial invertebrates e.g., insects, mites, and nematodes
Natural substances – plant, animal or fungal extracts, minerals, peptides, enzymes, and nature identical synthesised chemicals
Semiochemicals – pheromones and allelochemicals

How such substances and their subsequent products are registered will depend on the legislative framework of the country or region that you wish to market them in. Understanding whether your active substance or product would be considered as a biocontrol or conventional pesticide is particularly important as it will have an impact on the data generation requirements, the registration timelines, and overall costs.

Our experts are here to help you through the legislative maze and make sure you get to market.

The answer to these needs are biocontrol agents.

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Knowing your regulatory environment is essential to stay in the market: with a global network of affiliates, knoell keeps track of the developments concerning global regulations. Read more about our strategic and regulatory consulting solutions.

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Registration Management

Task Force management
Communication with authorities
Support with data sharing and Letter of Access (LoA) negotiations
In-country registration support by locally based knoell employees or our trusted partners
Coordination of the entire authorisation process
Portfolio management

Document Preparation

Dossier preparation and compilation (active substance and products, CODEX/JMPR, MRL, Import Tolerances), also in electronic format as required (e.g. CADDY, IUCLID for Crop Protection)
Study summaries (OECD format)
Post-submission commenting, expert statements
Label amendments and notifications
Application and submission forms
Import tolerance petitions
State registrations

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With a team of nearly 40 toxicologists, more than 70 environmental fate and modelling experts as well as approximately 45 ecotoxicologists your assessments for whatever challenge you have are in expert hands.

Bee Services
Endocrine Disruptor (ED) assessments
Risk assessments using computer based (in silico) methods
(Preliminary) environmental and ecotoxicological exposure and risk assessments. Standard and higher tier approaches
Human health. Human exposure (e.g. operator and bystander), dietary safety, metabolism and residues
Animal dietary burden assessment

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Data gap analysis
Check of completeness (CoC)
Technical equivalence, identity and physical-chemical parameter determination
Evaluation of analytical methods
(Preliminary) risk and exposure assessments
GAP (Good Agricultural Practice) scoping
Literature search and evaluation
Environmental fate of active substances and their metabolites. Study management & monitoring, kinetic evaluations
Efficacy evaluation for conventional agrochemicals and biocontrol agents. Study management & monitoring, comparative assessment (EPPO 1/271) for Plant Protection Products containing candidates for substitution active substances (CfS), resistance risk analysis and management strategies (EPPO 1/213), development of strategies for Integrated Pest Management (IPM), "agronomic equivalence" evaluation (evaluation of genetically-modified plants (GMOs) in comparison to conventional varieties)
Import tolerance services