FSC has updated the FSC-POL-30-001a V1-1 Lists of Highly Hazardous Pesticides based on existing criteria, indicators, thresholds and sources through an accelerated revision process as described in FSC-PRO-01-001The Development and Revision of FSC Requirements. Source: Timberbiz
The objective was to determine whether there have been any changes in the international recognised sources referenced by FSC since the last update.
The FSC-POL-30-001a V1-1 Lists of Highly Hazardous Pesticides determine the hazard rating of chemical pesticides based on an existing set of criteria set out in Annex 1 of FSC-POL-30-001 V3-0 FSC Pesticides Policy.
Such chemical pesticides are therefore considered to be highly hazardous in the FSC system and are classified as prohibited, highly restricted or restricted.
There were 41 changes in total. These relate to the reclassification of pesticides, or the criteria met. Specifically, changes in the updated version include:
- 4 new pesticides were added
- 5 pesticides were deleted
- 8 pesticides were reclassified from one list to another
- There were 24 changes in the criteria that did not result in a reclassification to another list
These changes marked in “track changes” in Draft 1-0 sent for consultation. This document is uploaded to the dedicated process page on FSC Connect, together with other relevant documents such as the consultation report.
The updated FSC-POL-30-001a V1-1 Lists of Highly Hazardous Pesticides can be downloaded from the FSC Document Centre.
