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Results from the government’s monitoring of pesticide residues in food, reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF).
The pesticide will only be used if there is a threat to the crop, and stringent controls are attached to protect the environment
You need approval from the Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) to sell, distribute or store new pesticides in the UK
The Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP) was abolished with the coming into force of the Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides) Order 2015. It was succeeded by the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP) which provides independent,...
PSD was responsible for the regulation of plant protection products. In 2008 it merged with the Health and Safety Executive.
This report presents information from a survey of pesticide usage practices on soft fruit crops in Northern Ireland in 2020. Data were collected from 9 growers representing 33% of all soft fruit holdings in Northern Ireland. Quantitative data has been...
This is the ninth survey examining pesticide usage practices on grassland and fodder crops in Northern Ireland, providing comparative data to that obtained in the previous surveys in 1989 (Jess et al., 1992), 1993 (Jess et al., 1995), 1997 (Jess...
This paper quantifies the extent of pesticide overuse in vegetable production systems in Southeast Asia.
The T29 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings before disposing of them to land.
This is the sixteenth survey of pesticide usage practices on arable crops in Northern Ireland. Information on all aspects of pesticide usage was collected from 90 holdings throughout the Province, representing 31% of the total area of arable crops grown....
This is the eleventh survey of pesticide usage on outdoor vegetable crops in Northern Ireland, providing comparative data to that obtained in the previous surveys in 1991 (Jess et al., 1993), 1995 (Kidd et al., 1998), 1999 (Kearns et al.,...
This is the fourth survey examining pesticide usage practices on edible protected crops (excluding soft fruit) grown under permanent protection in Northern Ireland, providing comparative data to that obtained in the previous surveys in 2017 (Lavery et al., 2018) and...
The requirements for the safe use of pesticides in cargo spaces on board ships.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
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