#32026R1209EU rejects Capsicum oleoresin as a basic substance for plant protection
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Capsicum oleoresin will not be approved in the EU as a basic substance for plant protection. The rejected application covered its use as a mammal repellent on seeds and crops including wheat, maize, peas, sunflower, oilseed rape, cabbage, sugar beet and grassland. The decision matters for suppliers, farmers and product developers looking to use pepper-derived Capsicum oleoresin in plant protection without a full plant protection product approval. EU authorities found that the substance identity and capsaicinoid content were not clear enough, and safety concerns could not be resolved.
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Key Changes
- Capsicum oleoresin is not approved as a basic substance for plant protection in the EU.
- The rejected uses include mammal repellent applications on selected seeds and crops.
- Businesses cannot rely on the basic-substance route for these proposed plant protection uses.
Obligations
What this law requires
Do not treat Capsicum oleoresin as an approved EU basic substance for plant protection purposes under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
Do not use Capsicum oleoresin as a basic substance mammal repellent on seeds of wheat, maize, peas or sunflower, or on maize, oilseed rape, cabbage, sunflower, sugar beet, wheat or grassland crops via foliar spray.
Do not market or develop Capsicum oleoresin plant protection uses on the basis that it is exempt as an EU basic substance; any plant protection use would need another applicable authorisation route.