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2025

  • Primary sector set to benefit from new trans-Tasman agreement - 24 November 2025
  • EOIs open for APVMA Advisory and Working Groups - 17 March 2025
  • APVMA removes 532 unregistered products from online stores in 6 months - 10 February 2025

2024

  • APVMA’s public consultation on paraquat closes - 30 October 2024
  • APVMA decision to immediately cancel all products with chlorthal dimethyl - 10 October 2024
  • APVMA releases chlorpyrifos final regulatory decision - 3 October 2024
  • Have your say on the APVMA’s fees and charges - 16 September 2024
  • Correction of ABC reporting - the APVMA’s proposed regulatory decision on paraquat - 13 September 2024
  • Federal Court orders penalties for supply of unregistered veterinary chemical products - 28 June 2024
  • AU–UK simultaneous veterinary medicine approvals commence - 17 January 2024

2023

  • APVMA releases chlorpyrifos proposed regulatory decision - 12 December 2023
  • APVMA suspends dimethoate products to protect human health - 19 September 2023

2021

  • APVMA proposed decision on bromadiolone emergency use permit - 23 June 2021

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