Control of Pesticides Act, No. 33 of 1980 (and its amendment Act
No. 6 of 1994) is an act to provide for the licensing of
pesticides, to regulate the imports, packing, labelling, storage,
formulation, transport, sale and use of a pesticide,for the
appointment of a licensing authority for pesticides, for the
establishment of a pesticide formulatory committee and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto. A pesticide means
any substance intended for use or used for controlling a pest (any
insect, rodent, bird, fish, mollusc, nematode, fungus. weed.
microorganism, virus or other kind of plant or animal life which is
injurious, troublesome or undesirable to crops, stored products,
processed foods, wood, clothes, fabrics or inanimate objects or
which are objectionable from the view point of public health and
hygiene, and shall also include ectoparasites and endoparasites of
man and domestic animals other than any pest which may be
specifically included or excluded by regulations made under the
Control of Pesticides Act) and shall include active ingredients,
adjuvant and pesticide formulations.
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