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Our major role is to deliver Competent Authority functions within EU legislation regulating chemicals, pesticides, biocides and detergents where HSE is the appointed authority for the UK
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Pitchcare’s Alice Northrop continues her investigations into just who is responsible for the policing of professional pesticides. Spurred on by the responses from the industry to the original article, she has, once again, been met with a load of hot air. It has taken her close to nine months to get, well, nowhere. It is all rather depressing!
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n our last issue, I walked you all through the rigmarole of when I tried to report the mis-selling of professional pesticide products (PPPs) as domestic products on an online store. The toing and froing
between the different authorities and bodies that we always assumed would police the mis-use of pesticides was quite something to behold, and the response we have had from the industry so far has shown we are not alone in our dismay.
Having had such a response from those working in the industry, both through social media and more traditional methods of communication, I set about contacting the authorities mentioned in my previous article, interested in what their thoughts were on the issues highlighted. Having had yet another disappointing response, I thought it would be beneficial to shed light on each organisation’s remit, and try, yet again, to work out who is ultimately responsible for enforcement.
BASIS
“BASIS is an independent standards setting and auditing organisation for the pesticide, fertiliser and allied industries.”
In practice, the website tells us this means:
- They offer a range of examinations and recognised qualifications for people working in the pesticide, fertiliser and related sectors
- They operate an annual inspection scheme to audit pesticide storage and ensure their operation presents minimal risk to people and the environment
- They manage the Professional Registers for qualified pesticide and fertiliser advisers and for public health pest control professionals.
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