Pest Control Products BoardNairobi, Kenya

INTRODUCTION

• PCPB is a statutory organization of Kenya Government established by an Act of Parliament- Pest Control Products Act Cap 346, 1982.

• This is an Act of Parliament to regulate the importation, exportation, manufacture, distribution and use of products used for the control of pests and of the organic function of plants and animals and for connected purposes.

To provide an efficient and effective regulatory service for the importation, exportation, manufacture distribution, transportation, sale, disposal and safe

use of pest control products and mitigate potential harmful effects to the

environment.

MISSION

Mandate

• Assessing the safety, efficacy, quality, merit and economic value of pest control products.

• Assessing suitability of premises used for manufacture/formulation, re-packing, storage and distribution of pest control products for purposes of licensing

• Processing and issuing import/export permits • Advising the Minister on all matters relating to the

Provisions of the PCP Act and Regulations

Mandate- cont’d

• Creating awareness to the general public on all aspects of safety, storage, handling, disposal and use of PCPs

• Monitoring and ensuring adherence of quality standards of pest control products throughout the supply chain

• Investigating and prosecuting contravention of the Pest Control Products Act.

• Supervising the disposal of obsolete or undesired pest control products.

Organizational structure

MD/ Secretary

Inspection, Training and Licensing

Registration and Analysis

Finance and Administration

Inspectors Analysts, Registration Officers

Accountants, Information Technology, Human

Resource & Support Staff

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors• Chairperson-appointed by the president• Experts in pest control-crop and animal production

(public officers)• Rep. from ministries-Trade, Environment, Health,

Water, The Govt. Chemist, Director KEBS, Director CRF, Director of Agriculture

• Farmer representatives-Livestock & Crop production• Secretary/CE• Co-opted-upto 5

Directors cont.

Farmer representatives (2) for livestock & crop production

Director of Agriculture Secretary to the Board/CE Co-opted- upto 5 persons whose assistance

or service the Board may require ( no voting powers)

Functions of PCPB

1) Regulatory Registration and approval of PCP for

usage Analysis for quality Sale & distribution through licensing of

premises, imports/exports, operators

Functions cont.

2) Technical Evaluate products for efficacy testing Assess efficacy data before recommendations Post registration surveillance

Functions cont.

3) Training & information Dissemination Train extension staff, students, formulators,

retailers, etc on pesticide mngt. Advice govt./relevant authorities on

pesticides. Contact point for pesticides - Codex,

Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm Convention etc.

Range of products regulated

PESTICIDES

Weed control

Mosquito control

Crop disease control Rodent control

Cockroach control

Tick control

Insect control

Tse tse fly control

AGRICULTURE PUBLIC HEALTHANIMAL HEALTH

Range of products regulated

May include; • Conventional chemical pesticides• Biopesticides; Botanicals, biochemicals,

microorganisms, natural enemies• Any compound or substance that enhances or

modifies the physical or chemical characteristics of a pest control product to which it is added e.g adjuvants and wetting agents

• Technical grade active ingredientsPest control products Act, +Ten subsidiary

legislations

Legislation

Section 4: “No person shall import into, or sell in Kenya any pest control product unless that pest control product has been Registered, packaged and labeled in accordance with regulations made under this act…”

Definition; “A pest control product is a product, device, organism, substance, or thing that is manufactured , represented , sold, or used as a means for directly or indirectly controlling, preventing, destroying, attracting, or repelling any pest….”

Registration procedure

• Every person desiring to register a pest control product is required to submit an application for registration, a copy of full dossier of technical information and a label

• Appointment of local agents

• Board considers efficacy, quality and economic value and also ensures safety to the public, animals and the environment.

Registration procedure cont’d

• If the Board is satisfied with the information provided, the product is granted experimental permit for local biological efficacy trial.

• This is carried out in institutions that have been accredited by the board for various trials

• Public/Private based on capacity/speciality eg. Delmonte for pineapples, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)

• Sample delivered to PCPB

Registration procedure cont’d

• On completion of the biological efficacy trial, a confidential report is sent to PCPB

• Submission of a commercial label reflecting the application rates, timing of application as recommended by the local researcher, mitigation measures to non targets, among other things

• Registration committee (MOPH, KARI,CRF, KEBs etc) makes recommendations to the Board

• If the Board is satisfied, it may grant full registration for 3 years and a certificate of registration issued. This is renewable after every 2 years.

Suspension or deregistration• PCPB is empowered to suspend or revoke a

certificate of registration if: • it realized later that the content of the application was

false, • new information indicates that the product is unsafe,• the premises in which the product is manufactured,

formulated or stored are unsuitable for the purpose.

Risk assessment

• All pest control products have to undergo registration process

• It involves risk assessment in-

a) Health,

b) Environmental• Behaviour in the environment (soil, water, air) eg

degradation, mobility of active ingredient, adsorption• Persistence of the metabolites in plants • Effects on representative non targets organisms

Risk assessment cont’d

Studies required for the various non targets using representative species

BirdsFishDaphniaAlgaeBeesEarthwormsSoil micro-organisms

Health Risk Assessment

Acute Toxicity studies• Oral and dermal in laboratory animals eg

1) Acute oral rat

2) Acute dermal rat/rabbit

3) Inhalation

4) Irritation- skin, eye

5) Sensitization

Health Risk Assessment

Repeat dose studies• Reproduction- multigenerational studies• Teratogenicity• Neurotoxicity • Mutagenicity• Subchronic• Long term/ carcinogenicity

Health Risk Assessment

Other studies• Metabolism-pathways, accumulation, metabolites &

their toxicity• Occupational/medical surveillance- hazards to

humans, symptoms of poisoning, first aid, antidotes, Treatment, precautions/restrictions, containment of spilage & decontamination, disposal, protection of workers & by-standers

• Residue studies for establishment of MRL and PHI based on GAP

BIOPESTICIDES

1) Microbial pesticides (bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc2) Biochemical pesticides

Semiochemicals eg insect sex pheromones, Enzymes (proteins)Natural plant regulators and insect growth

regulatorsBotanical pesticides etc

3) Natural enemies (Macrobials)ParasitoidsPredatorsPathogens of pests

Special considerations; Microbial biopesticides:

Kenya Technical Standing Committee on Imports & Exports (KSTCIE):-Import/export of live organisms

National Biosafety Authority:- GMOs/LMOs

• Unregistered products prohibited from importation• Registered products require an import license from

PCPB• Importation should be from authorized sources only.• Imports for research purposes also require authority

from PCPB. • Officers at the main port of entry ensure that only

authorized products are allowed into the country.

Importation/Exportation of Pesticides

Importation of Pesticides in Kenya

2012 2011

Handling and distribution

Premises license• The Board licenses premises dealing with pesticides-

manufacturers, formulators, stockists• Inspections of premises where pest control products

are manufactured, formulated, repacked or large-scale users ensures the following:

- Only registered products are manufactured, formulated or repacked in those premises.

- Only correctly imported products are found therein.- Products are correctly labeled using approved labels.- Packages used are those that are approved

• Over 4000 stockists dealing with pesticides

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Handling and distribution regulation

- Products are properly stored and good store management is in place to avoid issues of obsolete products.

- Products are within their shelf life.- Workers in these premises are adequately protected.- Any waste generated is properly handled and

disposed off.

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- Fire fighting equipment are in place in case of fire outbreaks.

- First-aid facilities are in place to take care of incidences of poisoning.

- Pesticides are physically separated from other items to prevent risk of contamination.

Handling and distribution regulation

General Legal Provisions on labels

• Legal Notice No. 89/1984;127/2006• Regulation 3(1): No pest control product shall be distributed or

sold without a label.• Regulation 3(2): No label shall be used on a pest control

product unless it has been approved by the Board• Language- English and Kiswahili • Types

• Experimental /provisional• commercial Display panels: • Principal Display Panel • Secondary Display Panel

General guide: Pictograms

• Pictograms shall be inserted according to the FAO/GHS Labeling Guidelines

• The symbols should convey safety information to users• The Minimum size of each pictogram should be 7mm x 7

mm• The ‘storage and wash after use’ pictograms must appear

on every label.• The face shield must be displayed instead of eye goggles• Overall sleeves should be worn over gumboots and not

stuck inside gum boots• A pictogram of running tap water should be displayed

MEAs• The Rotterdam convention on the Prior Informed

Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in international trade, adopted in 1998 and came into force in February 2004

• The Montreal Protocol on the Substances that delete the Ozone layer, adopted in 1987 and entered into force in 1989

• The Basel Convention on Control of Tran boundary movement of Hazardous wastes and their disposal, adopted in 1989 and entered into force in 1992

• The Stockholm convention on Persistent Organic Pollutant adopted in 2001

Challenges

• How to deal with old molecules that are being withdrawn in the EU, and other countries

• Residues in edible crops and animal products

• Reducing counterfeit products

Our contacts

PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS BOARD

Waiyaki Way (KARI-NAL)

P.O. Box 13794

Nairobi, Westlands- 00800, Kenya

Email: pcpboard@todays.co.ke

Website: www.pcpb.or.ke

Tel: +254-20-8021846/7/8

Mobile:+254-720 480 904/-735 778 743

Fax: +254-20-8021865

Regional offices- Coast, Western, Eastern Kenya