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B. Testing, quality control and effects in <strong>the</strong> field
Important issues or questions missing:
● 4.2 part 2 should be divided in two parts, one for sale and one for export
● “Do you have a law to assess quality <strong>of</strong> pesticides for sale/export/import?”
● “Do you have facilities to assess quality <strong>of</strong> pesticides for sale/import/export?”
● In 4.4 add: “in cooperation with industry”
Ambiguous questions:
● 4.4 not clear: who should answer on behalf <strong>of</strong> government or industry
Minimum standard <strong>of</strong> compliance
● FAO specifications
Objectively verifiable indicators:
● In 4.4 provide clear description or ranking <strong>of</strong> actions taken for risk assessment
● Who (government/industry) does what?
Availability and quality <strong>of</strong> information:
Country Availability1 Format2 Quality3 Location4 Bangladesh F P, I D DAE
Cambodia P I D PPPIO
China F I D ICAMA
DPR Korea F I D MOA
India F P D DPP
Indonesia N NA NA
Lao PDR P I D DOA
Malaysia F I D DOA
Myanmar P I D PPD
Nepal P I D DPP
Pakistan F P D DPP
Philippines F I D DA
Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea F I D RDA
Singapore P I D AVA
Sri Lanka F P, I D DOA
Thailand F, P I D DOA
Viet Nam P I D PPD
1 full (F), partial (P) or none (N)
2 published (P), internal report (I), personal communication (C), o<strong>the</strong>r (O)
3 personal estimates (E), quantitative data (D)
4 Department acronym
NA = not available
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