Active Constituents
Active constituents are the substance/s in an agvet chemical product primarily responsible for a product's biological or other effects. They must be approved either before, or at the same time, the product is being registered. A limited number of active constituents are exempt from APVMA approval.
TRIPS protection (intellectual property rights)
Agricultural active constituents - Ag QA Scheme
The APVMA ensures the quality of active constituents used in agricultural chemical products through its Quality Assurance Scheme for Agricultural Active Constituents and Agricultural Chemical Products: The AgQA Scheme.
Record of approved active constituents
The record for approved active constituents for chemical products is updated monthly, updates are also recorded in APVMA Gazette.
Below is the list of Approved Active Constituents as at 1 December 2011.
- Record of Approved Active Constituents A-Z (PDF, 1.33Mb)
- Record of Approved Active Constituents A-Z (MS Excel XLS, 359kb)
Related Information and Documents
- Approval of active constituents
- Standards for active constituents
- Manual of Requirements and Guidelines - Agriculture
- Manual of Requirements and Guidelines - Veterinary
- Data protection application requirements
- List of Guidelines
- Active Constituents exempt from approval (PDF, 16kb)
- Active Constituent application form (RTF, 272kb)