Exclusive: Brazil prosecutors hope to strike deal lifting glyphosate injunction

Brazil federal prosecutors are negotiating with health authority Anvisa and the agriculture ministry to reach a deal that could lift an injunction against the popular weed-killer glyphosate, a prosecutor on the case told Reuters on Friday.

Brasilia-based Prosecutor Luciana Loureira Oliveira said by telephone that prosecutors have requested a meeting next week to discuss a deal that would lift an injunction on the registration of glyphosate products, provided Anvisa issues a decision in the first quarter of 2019 and the ministry agrees not to appeal the health regulator`s decision.

Anvisa said it was taking necessary legal action in the case and could not comment on the prosecutor`s remarks. The ministry of agriculture`s press office declined to comment on the proposed deal.

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