A BRAZILIAN court has this week overturned an earlier controversial injunction suspending products containing the popular weed-killer glyphosate.
In overturning the decision Federal Judge Kássio Marques said there was no justification for suspending registrations of active ingredients so abruptly, “without analysing the serious impacts that such a measure will bring to the country’s economy and the population in general”.
The 30-day deadline had been due to pass on Monday, just as the first month of soy planting gets under way, Reuters reported.
Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of soybeans and relies heavily on the agrochemical, with Bayer AG’s Monsanto SA the biggest seller of glyphosate products in the country.
“This ruling is very good news for Brazilian growers, who count on glyphosate-based herbicides to control weeds and grow their crops safely and effectively,” Bayer crop science chief Liam Condon said in a statement.
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