Pesticide oversight - Details
Implementation option
Data collection
Data evaluation
Decision making
Pesticide suppliers notify basic information on supplier and chemical identity, Safety Data Sheets 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.
Collection and dissemination of data by governmental authority.
Limited: evaluation of locally specific data.
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 safety data sheets by authority.