“The least burdensome measure, in the absence of other evidence in the case records, is to temporarily suspend new registrations and authorizations for glyphosate-based herbicides and derivatives…”
The 7th Labor Court of Brasília ordered, on September 4ᵗʰ, the temporary suspension, for 90 days, of new registrations and new authorizations for glyphosate-based herbicides and derivatives. The restriction also covers “new identical products, phytosanitary extensions and registrations by equivalence.”
The measure does not amount to a ban on glyphosate and does not cancel existing registrations. The Labor Prosecutor’s Office had requested the cancellation of all registrations of products containing glyphosate and derivatives, as well as a prohibition on authorizations for the production, export, import, commercialization and use of these products. In the operative part of the decision, Judge Gustavo Carvalho Chehab stated: “I DENY the request for urgent relief seeking a total, immediate and preliminary prohibition” and subsequently granted the request only in part, suspending new registrations and new authorizations.
In its reasoning, the Court stated that “a large part of the aspects analyzed by this Court points to the lack of probability of a right to a judicial ban on glyphosate by way of urgent relief.” It also stated that Anvisa’s decision to maintain the active ingredient “enjoys a presumption of legality and truthfulness that has not been overcome by evidence to the contrary.”
When examining the re-evaluations provided for under Law No. 14,785/2023, the judge stated that “the deadline for the re-evaluation has expired” and noted that the Federal Government had not submitted the analyses or technical justifications for the delay to the case records. Regarding new products, the Court found the existence of “periculum in mora,” given the possibility of granting registrations while the re-evaluations remain pending.
Anvisa was given 20 days to address a “possible non-compliance of package inserts for glyphosate-based products and derivatives,” take any measures it considers appropriate and inform the Court of the actions taken. It must also clarify a discrepancy between the glyphosate monograph available online and the information submitted to the Court, as well as provide the updated monograph, documents from the re-evaluation and data used in the toxicological evaluation.
The Federal Government must obtain from MAPA a list of glyphosate-based products that are registered, authorized or pending registration or authorization, as well as information on the re-evaluation, possible substitutes, the impacts of a potential ban and any possible phase-out of the herbicide.
Ibama was given 20 days to provide environmental evaluations of glyphosate and its derivatives, report the status of the environmental re-evaluation and submit a report on the impacts of a possible withdrawal of the active ingredient from the market.
The Labor Prosecutor’s Office was also given 20 days to submit a report, expert opinion or assessment of the socio-environmental impacts, epidemiological data, an action plan, alternative restriction measures and technical information on a possible substitution of glyphosate.
The judge described the suspension as “a specific measure that may be reversed at any time or expanded.”
Source: TRT-10, Civil Public Action No. 0000883-90.2026.5.10.0014, decision dated September 4ᵗʰ, 2026.