ClearLeaf’s safe agriculture product GotaBlanca® cleared for organic agricultural use.
For Immediate Release
San José, Costa Rica, November, 11, 2020
ClearLeaf S.A.’s flagship GotaBlanca® product, designed to protect crops from pathogens without harming human health or the environment, has obtained its certificate of conformity to Europe Union Organic Standard (CE N°889/2008), Japanese Organic Standard (JAS/MAFF), and Costa Rica Organic Standard (MAG 29782).
After years of multi-disciplinary R&D, drawing on cutting-edge biotech, surface chemistry, and medical, agricultural, and polymer sciences, this recognition of ClearLeaf's sustainable solution of non-toxic contact-action liquid emulsions to control fungal and bacterial pests opens new perspectives for both conventional and organic agriculture worldwide.
"Pest management must be done better: toxic systemic products fail to control sustainably ever-adaptive pests and can results in health problems for farmers and consumers alike, while harming our eco-system. Our GotaBlanca® line of products meets the performance characteristics required by small, medium and large-scale agricultural producers, at a time when very few viable alternatives are reaching the market", says ClearLeaf's CEO Lawrence Pratt.
"This certification quickly raises GotaBlanca®´s visibility and status. There are no products on the market that are as effective and safe as GotaBlanca®, and our clearance for organic use under two of the worlds’ most stringent certification systems will make organic production more viable for many farmers, and send a powerful signal to conventional producers that highly effective lower-impact products exist", explains further Néstor Zúñiga Arias, Managing Director.
