Pesticide oversight
The aim of setting up a pesticide oversight is for authorities to decide which pesticides can be used in the country. With medium resources, the implementation proposed is:
- Pesticide suppliers notify basic information on supplier and chemical identity, SDS and locally specific data (e.g. efficacy, residues on local crops, exposure assessment based on conditions of use) for the pesticides to be put on the market.
- The authority decides on acceptability of pesticide use based on decisions made in other regions plus evaluation of locally specific data and check of classification, label and SDS by authority.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- FAO : Initial introduction and subsequent development of a simple national pesticide registration and control scheme [1991]
- FAO / WHO : Guidelines on data requirements for the registration of pesticides - International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides [2013]
- UNEP/UNITAR : Chemicals Management Instruments: A Series of Resource Documents for Countries Making Choices, Module 1 on Chemical Inventories (1999).
- OECD: eChemPortal
- UNECE: Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals GHS Rev. 8 (2019)
- FAO / WHO : Guidelines for the Registration of Pesticides [2010]
- FAO / WHO : Manual on the development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides [1st edition, 3rd revision, 2016]
- FAO : Manual on the submission and evaluation of pesticide residues data for the estimation of maximum residue limits in food and feed [2009]
- WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard
- FAO : Guidelines on Efficacy Evaluation for the Registration of Plant Protection Products [2006]
- FAO / WHO : Specifications for pesticides, a training manual