Information for the Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Industries

Product Registration

Before any agricultural or veterinary chemical products can be supplied, distributed or sold anywhere in Australia they must be registered by the APVMA.

For farmers, food producers, the chemical industry and the general public, registration means that the product is safe and will work when used according to the label.

Variations to the formulation of a currently registered product must also be approved, as must proposed new patterns of use and new labels. This includes changes to the current use pattern or the products claims.

The APVMA's registration requirements explain the process for registering a chemical product and the registrant's ongoing obligations.

The product's active constituents and the product label must also be approved by the APVMA before registration.

Review of chemical registrations

The APVMA's chemical review program may reconsider the approval of existing registered products, active consituents and labels where new research or evidence raises concerns about the safety of a particular chemical or product. See details of chemicals under review, and those that have already been through the review process

Manufacturer licencing and good manufacturing practice

Compliance activities

Adverse experience reporting

Exporting chemical products

Registrants proposing to export chemical products