Work was undertaken by the National Audit Office (NAO) to understand how three regulators; the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE), including the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) manged the transition period following EU Exit.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have revised the timeline for the remaining steps in the re-evaluation of the renewal of glyphosate in the EU.
The attached Q&A document produced by Defra, provides key information for those businesses and organisations reporting use of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) under the OCR.
Further to Member Briefing CP3-027, Defra has issued guidance for users of professional pesticides to enable them to register to comply with the The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020