EU bans one of the world's most commonly used fungicides

One year to use up banned mancozeb

Stella Kyriakides, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety: ‘urgently withdraw all authorisations for mancozeb’.

One of the most commonly used fungicides in the world, considered by farmers as crucial for resistance management, is no longer approved as an active substance in the EU.

The ban on mancozeb was first proposed by the European Commission early in 2020.