Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Lawfully ban the illegal production and operation of paraquat "black dens"

　　China News Service, September 25. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a notice on strengthening the special rectification of paraquat (hereinafter referred to as the notice).

The notice requires that inspection teams should be dispatched to carry out unannounced inspections in a timely manner, focusing on inspections of the production and operation of paraquat parent drug manufacturers and entrusted export agency trading companies, and resolutely crack down on illegal production and operation of paraquat in accordance with the law, and for illegal production and operation. The "black dens" of paraquat must be banned in accordance with the law, and those that constitute a crime must be transferred to the public security organs in accordance with the law.

　　The notice pointed out that in recent years, the special rectification of paraquat has achieved remarkable results, but there are still illegal addition of paraquat and illegal operation of paraquat in some areas, resulting in paraquat poisoning accidents from time to time, causing adverse social impacts.

　　According to the "Administrative Licensing Law", "Pesticide Management Regulations", "Pesticide Production License Management Measures" and the relevant provisions of the Ministry of Agriculture Announcements No. 1745 and No. 2445, it has the production license of paraquat parent drug and the paraquat parent drug that is only registered for overseas use of pesticides Only manufacturers can produce paraquat products.

　　Before November 1, 2020, the production qualifications and conditions of paraquat parent drug manufacturers will be checked. Those without production licenses will no longer retain their paraquat parent drugs and preparations for pesticide registration certificates for overseas use only.

Those who have obtained the production license for the parent drug of paraquat, no longer meet the prescribed conditions and have no intention to continue the production of paraquat, no longer retain their production license for the parent drug of paraquat.

Those who have obtained the production license of paraquat parent drug and no longer meet the prescribed conditions to continue to produce paraquat shall be ordered to make rectification within a time limit. If the rectification is refused within the time limit or the prescribed conditions are still not met after the rectification, the issuing authority shall revoke the production of the paraquat parent drug license.

The provincial agricultural and rural department where the existing paraquat production company is only using the pesticide registration certificate abroad must report the approval status and treatment suggestions of the paraquat mother drug production license in the jurisdiction to our Ministry of Pesticide Management before November 15, 2020 Division.

　　According to the notice, according to the Announcement No. 269 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, paraquat products produced by paraquat mother drug manufacturers can only be used for export and cannot be sold within the country.

When the production enterprise handles the paraquat export notice, it shall check whether the pesticide production enterprise’s paraquat pesticide registration and production license are complete.

When entrusting a trading enterprise to handle an export notice, it should check the relevant overseas registration of paraquat or the certification documents of the importing country’s approval to import, the export agency power of attorney signed by the paraquat parent drug manufacturer, and the direct export issued by the paraquat parent drug manufacturer. The relevant certification documents and business scope include business licenses that restrict the use of pesticides.

　　Notification requirements, strengthen information monitoring, and regularly report on the production and operation of paraquat.

Establish a monthly reporting system for the production and operation of paraquat. Before the 10th of each month, the provincial agricultural and rural departments where the paraquat mother drug manufacturer is located shall report to the Department of Pesticide Management of the Ministry of the relevant enterprises in their jurisdiction from January to the end of the previous month. Sodium) purchase quantity, production quantity of paraquat mother medicine and preparations, export countries or regions and quantities, entrusted export agency trading enterprises and export countries or regions and quantities, etc., and timely grasp the production and operation of paraquat mother medicine and preparations.

Pesticide production companies that entrust trading companies to handle exports shall be responsible for the supervision of the export, and report relevant information (export time, country or region, quantity, etc.) to the provincial agricultural and rural departments where the trading companies are entrusted to handle the export.

　　The notice requires that supervision and spot checks should be strengthened, focusing on cracking down on illegal addition of paraquat.

It is necessary to strengthen the supervision and inspection of the pesticide market, focusing on checking whether there is any illegal operation of paraquat products.

It is necessary to strengthen the supervision and random inspection of diquat, glyphosate, glufosinate and other biocidal herbicide products, and focus on random inspections for illegal addition of paraquat hidden ingredients. Once illegal additions are found, the source should be traced and the purchases should be traced in time Sources and production sources, resolutely crack down on illegal addition of paraquat hidden ingredients in accordance with the law.

　　The notice stated that it is necessary to strengthen law enforcement inspections and resolutely crack down on illegal production and operation activities.

According to the Announcement No. 269 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, it is forbidden to sell pesticide products only for export in my country, and offenders who fail to obtain domestic use registration in accordance with the "Pesticide Management Regulations" shall be investigated and dealt with.

The paraquat parent drug manufacturing enterprises sell paraquat to overseas purchasing enterprises and may not sell them to domestic enterprises.

The provincial agricultural and rural departments where the paraquat mother drug production company is located should organize law enforcement personnel to strengthen the supervision and inspection of the paraquat raw material (sodium cyanide) procurement, production and sales accounts, and product quality of the production company, and carefully check whether the monthly data is true. Whether there is a domestic sales problem.

　　The provincial agricultural and rural departments where the trading enterprise entrusted to handle the export is located shall verify whether the time, country or region, and quantity of the actual export of the agent trading enterprise are the same as the information reported by the manufacturer based on the information of the entrusted export agency of the parent drug manufacturer of paraquat Yes, whether there is a domestic sales problem.

It is necessary to dispatch inspection teams to carry out unannounced inspections at an appropriate time, focusing on inspections of the production and operation of paraquat mother drug manufacturers and entrusted export agency trading enterprises. We must resolutely crack down on illegal production and operation of paraquat in accordance with the law, and for those who illegally produce and operate paraquat. "Black dens" must be banned in accordance with the law, and those that constitute a crime must be transferred to the public security organs in accordance with the law.