Municipal Agriculture and Rural Committee holds pesticide regulations training class, Shanghai will strictly implement the real-name system for pesticide sales

In order to implement the "Regulations on the Administration of Pesticides" of the State Council, regulate the production, operation and use of pesticides in this city, ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products, and maintain the health of the public, the safety of humans and animals, and the ecological environment, the Shanghai Municipal Government has organized and formulated the "Regulations on the Administration of Pesticides in Shanghai.
" (Hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), effective from December 1, 2020
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Pesticides are important agricultural inputs and play an indispensable role in the prevention and control of agricultural pests and the control of pests in related fields such as forestry, greening, sanitation, grain depots, industry and households
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In order to publicize and implement the "Regulations" and improve the city's pesticide management level, on the morning of March 10, the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Committee organized a training course on pesticide laws and regulations
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What are the new highlights of the "Regulations"? Wei Guoyu, deputy director of the Pesticide Management Department of the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Committee, explained the policy
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The new "Regulations" involve different aspects of the production, operation, use, supervision and punishment of the pesticide industry
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As a very large city, Shanghai has a demand for pesticide use not only in agricultural production, but also in plant greening, sanitation and epidemic prevention
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In recent years, the city has put forward many new requirements, emerged many good practices, and discovered some problems in pesticide management and agricultural product safety supervision
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The "Regulations" regulate and solve these problems one by one
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It is worth mentioning that the "Regulations" clarify that this city implements an electronic ledger and sales real-name system for pesticide operations, and requires pesticide operators to truthfully and real-time record pesticide purchase and sales information through the pesticide information management platform
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The real-name system for pesticide sales has also been included in the city's key tasks for rural revitalization in 2021, and assessments will be conducted in all districts
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The two tasks will be carried out by relying on the city's agricultural information management system
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To this end, Huang Zhaozhen, deputy director of the Municipal Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, and Chen Jianbo, a senior agronomist from the Municipal Pesticide Inspection Institute, gave a detailed explanation on the use and management of the agricultural information management system
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In addition, in order for practitioners to understand the history and current situation of Shanghai's pesticide industry, Yu Qianghua, secretary-general of the Municipal Fertilizer Industry Association, brought an in-depth explanation
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March is the city's pesticide laws and regulations publicity month
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This training course is also one of the activities of the publicity month
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Next, each district will carry out relevant laws and regulations publicity and popular science activities based on the actual situation
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The relevant persons in charge of the Pesticide Management Office of the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Committee, the leaders and relevant persons in charge of the Municipal Agricultural Technology Center, the Municipal Agricultural Law Enforcement Corps, the pesticide industry management persons of the district agricultural and rural committees, and the relevant persons in charge of the district agricultural law enforcement brigade attended the training class
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[Source: Oriental Urban and Rural Newspaper]