Fluazinam フルアジナム
Multi-site fungicides: Act on many sites in fungal cells. Resistance is slow to develop (mancozeb, TPN, captan and others).
In Japan
- Registration
- Registered as a pesticide (first registered April 10, 1990). 8 formulated products contain it.
- Main registered crops
- cabbage, broccoli, napa cabbage, lettuce, non-heading lettuce (leaf lettuce), apple and others (54 crop names in the registered uses)
- Toxicity class
- Active ingredient: Ordinary substanceClasses of the 8 formulated products (diluted products sold): ordinary substance 8Classes under Japan's Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act.
- ADI (acceptable daily intake)
- 0.01 mg per kg of body weight per day
- ARfD (acute reference dose)
- 0.5（一般の集団） ／ 0.02（妊婦又は妊娠している可能性のある女性） mg per kg of body weight
- Evaluation
- Food Safety Commission of Japan, February 6, 2025
ADI: the amount considered to have no effect on health even if eaten every day for a lifetime. ARfD: the amount considered to have no effect on health when eaten at one time (within 24 hours). Both are set by the Food Safety Commission of Japan, mainly from animal studies.
In Japan's national residue testing (fiscal 2024)
| Produce | Detected / tested | Detection rate | Over the limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 1 / 425 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Imported | 0 / 185 | 0.0% | 0 |
Found in domestic foods: Japanese pear (max. 0.0171 ppm)
Tests are counted as pesticide × sample. Any detection counts as “detected” — it does not mean the limit was exceeded. For pesticides outside the top 20, figures are summed from the food-by-food tables of the full report.
Evaluations abroad
- WHO acute toxicity class
- Not listed in the WHO 2019 tablesBased on the toxicity of the undiluted active ingredient given once, mainly to rats by mouth (LD50 = the dose that kills half; the smaller, the stronger the acute toxicity). It is not an assessment of the safety of residues in food.
- EU
- Approved in the EU (approval expires November 2027)EU ADI: 0.01 mg/kg bw/day; ARfD: 0.07 mg/kg bw
- IARC (carcinogenicity)
- No matching entry in the IARC list (not evaluated or out of scope, including Group 3)
Related explainers
Sources
- FAMIC (Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center), pesticide registration information (as of Sept. 30, 2026) (Japanese)
- Food Safety Commission of Japan, risk assessment report on Fluazinam (February 6, 2025) (Japanese)
- MHLW, results of pesticide residue testing in foods, fiscal 2024 (Japanese)
- EU Pesticides Database (Fluazinam)
Last checked 2026-10-01. Registrations and evaluations change over time. This page is a translation of our Japanese page; if they differ, the Japanese page is the reference.