Highly toxic carcinogenic drugs are still on sale for 20 years! The Prevention and Inspection Bureau announced that three pesticide banks sold counterfeit banned drugs, and Xingnong chain stores were also included.

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The Animal and Plant Disease Prevention and Quarantine Bureau of the Council of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the "Bureau of Prevention and Quarantine") recently seized three pesticide banks selling banned and counterfeit drugs, including chain pesticide banks. The Prevention and Inspection Bureau publishes for the first time a detailed list of names and addresses of violators, hoping to deter those who violate the law from breaking the law.

This time, Yunlin West snail, which was named to sell banned pesticides, "Sound Pesticide Company," and the Changhua Yuandou Business Office, a pesticide chain under Xingnong Group; in addition, the "Shangfa Pesticide Company" in Kaohsiung Qishan was also found to have sold two kinds of fake pesticides.

"it used to be inspected, but this is the first time the list of violations has been published." The Bureau of Prevention and Inspection said that in order to strengthen the control of pesticide trafficking, starting from this year, as long as the facts of violating the pesticide management law are found, in addition to revoking the certificate of the pesticide manager, the list of violators will also be posted on the Internet. Members of the public can go to the website of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau and click "Information Disclosure" on the "Pesticide Information Service" to view the information of lawbreakers.

Changhua Xingnong Yuandou business office, selling 24% Nanade solution. (photo source / Changhua County Department of Agriculture)

Prevention and Inspection Bureau: the names and addresses of violators will be announced.

Feng Haidong, director of the Bureau of Prevention and Inspection, said that with the amendment of the Pesticide Management Law this year, inspection efforts will be strengthened and penalties will be implemented. after investigation and determination of the fact that the operators have illegally sold prohibited or counterfeit drugs, they will be sent to the authorities in accordance with the law, and the certificate of the pesticide manager will be revoked, and will not be allowed to apply again within two years. At the same time, the name of the store, the name of the personnel, the business address and the offending goods will be announced on the website of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau. In addition, the Bureau of Prevention and Inspection, in conjunction with local governments, aims to inspect more than 500 pesticide banks a year. "all those that should be punished, withdrawn, and announced should be thoroughly implemented."

With regard to the problem of "disability" of pesticide managers, Feng explained that in the "measures for training and Management of Pesticide managers" revised last year, the educational threshold for applicants has been raised to university, college or above (in the past, it was a high school or higher). And the total number of training hours for personnel has also been increased to 120 hours, hoping to improve the quality of pesticide managers.

In addition, Feng pointed out that the sale and use of paraquat will be banned from February next year, calling on farmers and operators to stop restocking or hoarding goods. Starting from next year, paraquat will also be listed as one of the focus of local inspection.

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