Pesticide and pesticide use was included in the lately released 2013 Specialized Scheme on Agro-product Quality and Safety (APQS) by Ministry of Agriculture of China (MOA), for the purpose of preventing major APQS crisis.
The specialized campaign is to supervise the use of those prohibited high-toxic pesticides and restricted-use pesticides, including Methamidophos,
Carbofuran, Omethoate Isocarbophos, Fipronil, etc. Priorities will be placed on vegetable production bases for large and medium cities and major national vegetable,
fruit and tea producing counties. Any illegal actions of adding unregistered active ingredients or using unregistered pesticides would face strict penalties.
The Specialized Scheme urged agricultural authorities across the country should work out clear work plans, ensure tangible results, and adopt effective measures against detected problems. It is hoped that after the campaign, the supervision system on APQS would be further improved.
(Source: Information Division,
ICAMA)