Withdrawal of pesticides announced
Citation
CTA. 2002. Withdrawal of pesticides announced. Agritrade, October 2002. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Abstract/Description
Withdrawal from the market in 2002 of
320...
Notes
Withdrawal from the market in 2002 of
320 plant-protection products (insecticides, fungicides and herbicides),
with the aim of ensuring that 'all such products in use are safe
for the environment and human health' was announced by the European
Commission on July 4th 2002. Most withdrawals were the result of
companies declining to defend their products for economic reasons.
A further 150 substances would also be withdrawn by July 2003. The
cumulative effect of these measures will be to reduce by more than
60% the substances that were on the market in 1993.
Comment:
These new measures could have implications for minimum residue levels
applied to ACP plant-product exports to the EU. The concerned departments
of ACP governments will need to monitor developments closely in
order to ensure that ACP producers are not enticed into using cheap
products which have been withdrawn from the EU market and which
could lead to problems with minimum residue levels if applied in
production processes in future.
Subjects
MARKETING AND TRADE;Collections
- CTA Agritrade [1156]