RANGE REVIEW: PEST CONTROL
PEST PROBLEMS DEALING WITH PARTICULAR
It might not be the most exciting topic or indeed range of products or fastest moving lines, but pest control still plays an important role for householders and keen gardeners alike. Of course some of these products can contain poison and other nasty chemicals that as retailers you need to be aware of in order to advise customers on the best products for their particular pest problem
In our latest online range review poll, we asked how important is the pest control category to your business and the results were interesting, with 43 per cent of respondents saying not hugely important, but it works. The next largest response was 34 per cent who said very important, with only 15 per cent not important at all and just eight per cent not having a pest category at all.
W So with the majority of survey
respondents admitting that the products sell, in this article we aim to bring you up to date with latest guidance from The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) and the Crop Protection Association (CPA), who have teamed up to produce a guide to help you educate and inform customers on how to identify illegal sales and point them in the direction of where to report them. According to the BPCA, most pesticides and rodenticides being sold are legal. Only certain products have restrictions on who can buy and sell them, so it’s important that customers know the difference and only report issues of illegal sales. To makes things easier, we will start by breaking down the types of pesticides and the requirements for selling each, both in store and online.
hile they may not be a major seller, pest control products have their place in the DIY or housewares store.
Rodenticides –
professional use only The rule for listing professional use rodenticides online are as follows: Authorisation - Only products currently authorised in the UK by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are legal to sell online. The current UK Authorisation number for the product must be stated in the online description.
Marketing images - All products offered for sale online must show representative pictures of the current legally authorised pack type as available for sale.
Original packaging - All products offered for sale must be supplied in the original packaging with the original label as provided by the marketing company or authorisation holder. Products must never be broken down from the original packaging into smaller amounts for sale. This is illegal.
Correct outdoor use statement - The products must never simply use the term ‘outdoors’. The area of use must be described as per the product label, for example: ‘In and around buildings’, ‘Outdoors – open spaces’, ‘Outdoors – waste dumps’. In accordance to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) guidelines - all sales of professional use only rodenticides must follow
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the CRRU UK Guidance for Internet Sales of Rodenticides thinkwildlife. org/download/crru-uk-guidance- for-internet-sales-of-rodenticides.
Rodenticides – amateur use only Amateur rodent control products have a maximum pack size of: • 300g for Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs). • 1500g
for First Generation
Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs). This restricts the ability of amateurs to acquire large quantities of rodenticide through retail sources (both online and in physical shops). Any sales of amateur use only
products above the maximum pack sizes above, please report to the Health and Safety Exective (HSE) via their online reporting system at
hse.gov.uk/contact/concerns.htm.
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