Legislation Flashcards
EU Approval Process
- Dossier
- Assessed by Rapporteur Member State (RMS)
- Draft Assessment Report (DAR)
- Reviewed by EFSA and sent for comments
- Voted by members of SCOPAFF
UK Approval Process
- Dossier
- Assessed by CRD
- Opinion from ECP
- Decision
- Added to approvals register
When to use COSHH Assessment?
Hazard to human health i.e. toxic, very toxic, harmful, health hazard, irritant, corrosive
COSHH Assessment
- Hazard
- Risk
- Hierarchy of control - ESTOP
- Record
- Review and Assess
Pesticide Limits in water
Individual = 0.1ppb
Total = 0.5ppb
How would you get an MRL?
Using higher dose than the label
Overlap
Applying close to harvest (HI)
Agitants
Environmental conditions
Types of Approval
Commercial
Experimental
EA
EAMU
Adjuvant/Commodity
3 Documents Available about product
Label
MSDS
Environmental info sheet
Voluntary Initiative
NPTC certificates
CPD
NROSO
EIS
IPMP
Poisons
Part I: registered pharmacist/business. Stored under lock and key
Part II: pharmacist or person on local authority list. Stored together
2 documents: poisons register, signed order
Pollution sources
Point source: 1 action by a person e.g. spills
Diffuse pollution: run off, leaching
Greatest risk in shallow, light cracked soils
Groundwater permit needed before disposing waste on land
Can’t use residuals in SPZ1 areas o within 50m of spring
PPE
Coverall: colour shows contamination
Gloves: >300mm length >0.5mm thick
Boots: below knees
Face shield
Respiratory equipment if on label
Health Surveillance
Required to protect workers
Monitored by health practitioner and records kept for 40 years
Disposing concentrates
Stock management
Use up
Registered waste carrier
Consignment note 3 years (2 non hazardous)
Disposing dilute waste
Accurate planning
Clean at site of application
Biobed
Biofilter
Licensed waste collector
Under dosed area
Ground water permit
Disposing containers
Rinse, store upright, sent to registered site o collected
Storage + treatment records
Copy in store and elsewhere
By law kept for 3 years includes all data
Sprayer filling area
Well managed concrete area
Drainage to biobed, portable bund o grass/soil area
10m from watercourse, 50m from borehole