How much time should I allow between making a submission and deploying a product offshore?
Cefas undertakes to certify a chemical within 8 weeks if we are in receipt of a full HOCNF dataset. Although we may turn round submissions in less time at certain times of the year, this should be seen as the exception rather than the norm. In practical terms 8 weeks should be allowed for any submission including those intended for field trials. Applications can be submitted up to 6 months before expiry date. This will not affect the full 3-year term applied to the certification.
