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Table 1. Pesticide legislation, rules and administering authoritie, in some
Southeast Asian countries.
Country Legislation and rules Administering
authority
Indonesia Government decree No. 7(17 March, Directorate of Food
1973); some controls institutCd in Crop Protection,
1969 before the enactment of Ministry of
legislation, [tit actual implementation Agriculture
through:
(a) Decree No. 280, Jun,. 1973 on
pesticide registration procedures;
(b) Decree No. 429, September 1973
on lal:elling and packaging;
(c) Decree No. 944, November 1984
on limiiation of pesticides registered.
Malaysia Pesticides Act 1974
(a) Pesticides Rules, 1976 on
registration procedures;
(b) Pesticides Rules, 1981 on hnportation
for Research Purposes
Philippines P.D. 1144, 30 May 1977 EPA Rules
and Regulations No. 1,
Series of 1977
Thailand Poisonous Articles Act 1967
(Amended 1973)
(a) Ministerial Regulation BE 2512
Pesticides Board,
Department of
Agriculture
Fertilizer and Pesticide
Authority,
Ministry of Agriculture
and Food
Agricultural Regulatory
Division,
Department of
Agriculture
farmers on the proper use and handling of pesticides; and the lack of
responsibility of most pesticide distributors, who sell expired pesticides at low
prices. The above practices were reportedly common in Thailand (Pothisiri
1985), together with inadequate education and extension programs on various
aspects of pesticides. In Indonesia, heavily subsidized pesticides tend to
encourage farmers to use more pesticides indiscriminately, while there is a
relatively poor monitoring and reporting system on import/export, usage and
other aspects of pesticides, including human poisoning and fatality cases.
The first priority of FAO activities in the field of plant protection should be
to assist in developing national pesticide regulatory programs. This has been
partly done, as reflected in the establishment of four FAO Panels of Experts, one