Pesticides

The Pesticide Programme helps OECD governments to co-operate in assessing and reducing the risks of agricultural pesticides. The programme focuses on “plant protection” pesticides, most notably those used in agriculture. Non-agricultural pesticides are dealt with under the OECD Biocide Programme. Please see an overview of our work in the following fields:
Agricultural Chemical Pesticide Registration 
BioPesticide Registration
Testing and Assessment 
Risk Reduction
Minor Uses

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Publication of the Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group Seminar on Risk Reduction through Better Worker Safety and Training

22-Jul-2008

This report presents the results of an OECD seminar on ways to achieve pesticide risk reduction through worker safety and training.  The seminar was hosted by Czech State Phytosanitary Administration, in Brno, Czech Republic, on 21 March 2007. It was chaired by Dr. Wolfgang Zornbach of the German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture.
ENV/JM/MONO(2008)9 Part 1
ENV/JM/MONO(2008)9 Part 2

Report of the Joint OECD Pesticide RRSG/EC-HAIR Seminar on Environmental Indicators for Pesticide Risk

03-Jul-2008

This report presents the results of a joint OECD/EC seminar on the development of harmonised  environmental indicators for pesticide risk. The seminar was held on 13 November 2006 in Bonn (Germany). The aims of this seminar were to:  present the indicators developed in the framework of the EC-funded HAIR project (Harmonised environmental Indicators for pesticide Risk), discuss issues related to further developments, and consider ways of broadening the use of these indicators across OECD Member countries.

Revision of OECD Monograph Guidance Document (Rev 3)

29-Apr-2008

Section 4.1.1 of the OECD Monograph Guidance Document has been revised to include text which specifies that Regulatory Authorities should not use the contents of a Monograph from another country as a basis for their regulatory decisions unless the data package upon which a particular Monograph was based has been provided to the Authority, or the owner of the data has granted permission for use of the summary evaluation in a Monograph in lieu of the data.

Guidance Document on Pesticide Residue Analytical Methods

10-Oct-2007

This document provides guidance on the residue analytical methods.  Analytical methods are used to generate the data for estimating dietary exposure assessments, to establish Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs), and to determine processing factors.
Series on Pesticides, N° 39
[ENV/JM/MONO(2007)17]

Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group Workshop "Pesticide User Compliance"

12-Jul-2007

This report presents a summary of the discussions at, and the outcomes from, the OECD workshop on Pesticide User Compliance Issues. The workshop was held in Ottawa, from 6-8 June 2006 and was hosted by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). The focus of the workshop was on issues and impediments to compliance associated with pesticide use. Such issues were addressed in the context of reducing risks to human health and the environment as well as risks to the integrity of the regulatory process.
[Series on Pesticides N° 37]
ENV/JM/MONO(2007)9

Survey of the Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group on Minor Uses of Pesticides

12-Jul-2007

In response to a questionnaire on minor uses fifteen countries and the European Commission responded. They include Australia, Canada, Estonia , European Commission, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Switzerland, UK, and the US.
The report is a collation of various aspects such as responsible regulatory authorities/agencies, data requirements, activities being pursued and regulatory mechanisms for approving minor uses in member countries.
[Series on Pesticides N° 38]
ENV/JM/MONO(2007)12

Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group seminar "Pesticide Risk Reduction through better application technology"

28-Feb-2007

This report presents the results of an OECD seminar on pesticide risk reduction through better application technology. This seminar was the fifth in a series of seminars on pesticide risk reduction organised by the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group, a sub-group of the OECD Working Group on Pesticides. The seminars focused on key issues in pesticide risk reduction of concern to OECD governments. The seminars were intended to provide an opportunity for discussin, learning and information sharing.
Series on Pesticides N° 35
[ENV/JM/MONO(2007)3]

New Publications of the Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group

25-Oct-2006

No. 30 in the Series on Pesticides [ENV/JM/MONO(2006)14]
Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group: The Second Risk Reduction Survey
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No. 29 in the Series on Pesticides [ENV/JM/MONO(2006)13 ]
Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group Seminar on Risk Reduction through Good Pesticide Labelling

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