Nghe An handles 8 pesticide trading establishments violating regulations

A pesticide trading point in Dien Thanh commune, Dien Chau district. Photo: Q.An

Nghe An is a locality with a large agricultural land area, mainly for growing rice and vegetables... so the annual consumption of pesticides is large. Therefore, many establishments appear in the localities.pesticide tradingto supply to farmers for use in pest control. Accordingly, taking advantage of farmers' lack of knowledge, many pesticide trading establishments trade in pesticides not on the list, banned pesticides, expired pesticides, and poor quality pesticides...

According to data from the Nghe An Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection, in 2022, the Department organized 2 planned inspections and 1 surprise inspection of pesticides in the province. Through the inspections, 51 pesticide trading establishments in the localities were inspected and 22 pesticide samples were taken for quality testing according to regulations.

As a result, 6 pesticide trading establishments were discovered and handled for violating regulations on pesticide trading with the main violations such as: Trading pesticides not on the list, banned pesticides (drugs that have been removed from the list or put into the banned list by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, etc.),expired medicineand 2 establishments selling pesticides that do not guarantee quality...

Farmers in the coastal area of ​​Quynh Luu district prevent pests and diseases for vegetables. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of Nghe An Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection said that the above-mentioned violating establishments were discovered in the following localities: Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Thanh Chuong, Nam Dan...

After detecting the violations, Nghe An Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection handled the violations by administratively fining the violating establishments and collected 32.5 million VND to the state budget./.