FSC publishes the updated Lists of Highly Hazardous Pesticides

The FSC-POL-30-001a V1-1 Lists of Highly Hazardous Pesticides determine the hazard rating of chemical pesticides based on an existing set of criteria set out in Annex 1 of FSC-POL-30-001 V3-0 FSC Pesticides Policy. Such chemical pesticides are therefore considered to be highly hazardous in the FSC system and are classified as prohibited, highly restricted or restricted.

There were 41 changes in total. These relate to the reclassification of pesticides or the criteria met. Specifically, changes in the updated version include:

• 4 new pesticides were added
• 5 pesticides were deleted
• 8 pesticides were reclassified from one list to another
• There were 24 changes in the criteria that did not result in a reclassification to another list