ZP50 EMERGENCY PERMIT OUTCOME IMMINENT

Grain Producers Australia (GPA) expects an outcome later this week as work continues on an emergency permit for ZP50 mousebait access.

GPA is in regular contact with the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to meet requirements for the permit, with the support of the CSIRO and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).

GPA Research, Development and Extension Spokesperson Andrew Weidemann said significant work had been undertaken across industry and government in recent weeks to progress the application and associated stewardship requirements.

“We’ve done a lot of work between the team at GRDC, APVMA, the CSIRO and ourselves in the background to have accelerated something that would normally have taken six or seven weeks to go through,” Mr Weidemann said.

“We’re hopeful we’ll be back talking later this week about the emergency permit, but we still have to wait for that final regulatory decision.”