These 10 highly toxic pesticides will be phased out in batches

Recently, the seven departments of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the General Administration of Market Supervision, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the National Health and Health Commission jointly held a three-year action plan for edible agricultural products to "control illegal drug control and promote improvement" Start a video conference.

The meeting clarified that the existing 10 highly toxic pesticides should be phased out in phases and batches, especially the first to be phased out for the highly toxic pesticides with more residues detected on vegetables.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced that the overall qualification rate of agricultural products in the first quarter of 2021 was 97.2%. For details, please refer to our previous report.

Which 10 pesticides are eliminated in batches this time? How will the three-year action be deployed?

The meeting pointed out that in recent years, the agricultural and rural departments have resolutely implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council in cooperation with relevant departments, and effectively strengthened the supervision of the quality and safety of agricultural products. The overall quality and safety level has shown a steady and positive development trend, but the hidden risks of agricultural product quality and safety are in some areas, Some varieties still exist. All localities and departments should further improve their positions, increase their responsibilities, fully understand the importance of carrying out governance actions, use their heart and affection to solve the problem of excessive pesticide and veterinary drug residues, strive to make the people eat safe and secure, and enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and happiness. Sense of security.

The meeting emphasized that all localities and departments should focus on key varieties, adopt a precise management model, control the source, focus on production, focus on the market, strengthen law enforcement, and establish systems to speed up the resolution of illegal use of prohibited drugs and excessive residues of conventional agricultural and veterinary drugs, so as to effectively protect the people. "Safety on the tip of the tongue".

It is understood that the 10 existing highly toxic pesticides shall be phased out in phases and batches, namely phorate, hydrocarbophos, omethoate, Carbofuran, methomyl, methafenphos, methyl isofenphos, and ALDICARB. , Chloropicrin, aluminum phosphide.

The next step is to make good use of the certification system for edible agricultural products. For key varieties, they must issue certificates on the basis of strengthening self-control and self-inspection, so that agricultural products can be listed on the market.

At the same time, we will increase sampling inspections, strengthen rapid testing technology, and strive to use about three years to basically solve the problem of illegal use of banned and restricted drugs, and effectively curb the problem of excessive conventional pesticide and veterinary drug residues.