The overall pass rate of pesticide spot checks last year was 95.4%

On April 20, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced the results of pesticide supervision and spot checks in 2021
.
According to the report, the qualified rate of random inspection products is relatively high and the product quality is relatively stable; the unqualified products mainly have problems such as failure to detect the marked active ingredients and illegal addition of other pesticide ingredients
.

In 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will actually randomly check 4,865 pesticide samples
.
Among them, there were 4,640 qualified samples, with an overall pass rate of 95.
4%; 225 unqualified samples, with a failure rate of 4.
6%, of which 86 were found to be fake pesticides (the marked active ingredients were not detected or other pesticide ingredients were added without authorization).
It accounted for 1.
8% of the total number of samples tested and 38.
2% of the unqualified samples
.

The sampling results have the following characteristics
.
First, the qualified rate of routine random inspection products is relatively high
.
3,794 pesticide samples were routinely sampled, with a pass rate of 96%
.
Second, the qualified rate of product quality in special spot checks is relatively stable
.
This time, a special spot check was carried out on bio-pesticides, diquat and other biocide herbicides, and the pass rate was 95.
2%
.
The third is the low pass rate of key random inspection products
.
This time, we carried out key spot checks on the products of nominal manufacturers with many problems in previous years, and the pass rate was 91.
7%, of which fake pesticides accounted for 45.
1% of the unqualified products in key spot checks
.
Fourth, the quality of single-dose products is higher than that of mixed-dose products
.
The qualified rate of single preparation was 95.
9%, and the qualified rate of mixed preparation was 93.
8%
.
Fifth, the qualified rate of pesticides is lower than that of fungicides and herbicides
.
The qualified rate of pesticides was 93.
8%, the qualified rate of fungicides was 97%, and the qualified rate of herbicides was 97.
1%
.

Judging from the testing situation, there are four main problems in substandard products, namely, the marked active ingredients are not detected; other pesticide ingredients are added illegally; the content of active ingredients and safety control items do not meet the standard requirements; counterfeit and forged pesticide registration certificate numbers
.

Regarding the problems in this random inspection, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs proposed that firstly, illegal production and business units should be investigated and punished according to law, and secondly, the sources of key products such as the illegal addition of paraquat should be traced
.