07 pesticide products banned for registration in Vietnam

According to Circular No. 21/2015/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, 07 following pesticide products are banned for registration in Vietnam, including:

1. Pesticide products specified in the List of pesticide products banned for use in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as the banned list).

2. Formulated pesticide products or pesticide active ingredients with acute toxicity class-I or class-II as classified in the globally harmonized system of classification and labeling of chemicals (hereinafter referred to as GHS), except for biological pesticide products or pest steam cleaner, rodenticides; termiticides used for killing termites to protect buildings, dykes or embankments; pest control products used for preserving food or herbal forestry products.

3. Pesticide products which pose high risks to human health, domestic animals, ecosystem and environment, including:

- Pesticide products subject to warnings issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO); pesticide products specified in the Appendix III of the Rotterdam Convention;

- Chemical pesticide products being a combination of a wide classes of pesticides with various effects (killing pests, weeds, eradicating diseases and regulating growth), exclusive of seed treatments;

- Pesticide products containing human pathogens;

- Pesticide products causing genetic mutation, cancer diseases and intoxicating human reproduction;

- Chemical pesticides registered to be used to exert effects, such as controlling plant pests or regulate the growth of fruit trees, tea plants, vegetables, or storing post-harvest agricultural produce, and causing the acute toxicity of active ingredients or formulations classified into class III and IV in the GHS, or organochlorine classes, and subject to quarantine in more than 07 days.

4. Pesticide products bearing their commercial names identical to the names of active ingredients or the commercial names of other pesticides as defined in the List.

5. Methyl bromide pesticides.

6. Pesticide products registered to exert such effects as controlling organisms other than the ones harmful to plants in Vietnam.

7. Pesticide products invented but not yet licensed in overseas countries.

View details at Circular No. 21/2015/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, effective from August 01, 2015.

Le Hai

>> CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE