GB Potatoes has halted its bid to secure an Emergency Authorisation (EA) application to allow the continued use of mancozeb on potato crops. In a statement, Scott Walker, CEO of GB Potatoes, said: “With support from Horticulture Crop Protection Ltd (HCP), a small group of technical experts was convened to develop an application and to engage constructively with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on what would be required for approval. Positive engagement with the authorisation holder, UPL, enabled productive pre-application discussions to take place. “However, through these discussions it became clear that, in order to meet HSE risk assessment requirements, any authorisation would…