Transcript ภาพนิ่ง 1 - Ministry of Public Health

UNITAR-Thailand GHS
Capacity Building
Pesticide Sector
 Currently Thailand adopts the FAO
Guidelines on Good Labelling Practice for
Pesticides 1994 to be applied for pesticide
labelling and the WHO Recommended
Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and
Guidelines to Classification 2004 for
pesticide classification in the country.
Government Sector
The
Department of Agriculture is a
responsible agency for control of import,
export, production and having in posession
of Agricultural hazardous substances
(pesticides) under the Hazardous Substances
Act B.E. 2535 (1992).
Hazardous
substances are classified
into 4 types according to their needs
for control as follows:-
 Hazardous Substances
 Type  Hazardous Substances
 Type  Hazardous Substances
 Type V Hazardous Substances
 Type
• Classification of pesticides were made
according to Notification of Ministry of
Agriculture and Cooperatives entitled Label
and Toxicity Level of Hazardous Substances
under Responsibility of Department of
Agriculture B.E. 2538. Pesticides are
classified into 4 categories which are
• Ia - extremely hazardous
• Ib - highly hazardous
• II - moderately hazardous
• III - slightly hazardous
According to Notification of Ministry of
Agriculture and Cooperatives entitled
Criteria and Method for Production, Import,
Export and Having in Possession of
Hazardous Substances under Responsibility
of Department of Agriculture B.E. 2538
(revised in B.E. 2547), it is required to
Register and obtain license prior to
import, export, production and having
in possession of Agricultural
Hazardous Substances
Notify quantity of pesticide produced,
imported and exported
Provide storage and production site(s)
and equipment(s) for safety of workers
and the environment
Provide training supervisor for sale
and fumigation.
Labelling of pesticide is made according
to Notification of Ministry of Agriculture
and Cooperatives entitled Label and and
Toxicity Level of Hazardous Substances
under Responsibility of Department of
Agriculture B.E. 2538.
The label has the contexts and pictogram
for safety of user during mixing, using
and storing pesticide. It also contains
wordings of symptoms of poisoning, first
aid treatment and guidance for physician.
Other Departments responsible for pesticides regulation are
as follows:Department of Fisheries : responsible for control of pesticides
in fish culture
Department of Livestock Development : responsible for
control of pesticides used as disinfectant, cleaning solution,
pesticides used to control ectoparasite
Department of Agricultural Extension : responsible for
transfer of knowledge on safe handling and efficient use of
pesticide to farmers
New laws to be enacted
(1) Notification of Department of
Agriculture entitled Basic Properties,
Characteristics and Criteria for
Production Site of Agricultural
Hazardous Substances Licensing.
It is aimed at prevention of hazards
caused by pesticide production which may
occur on human, animal, plant, assets and
the environment by determination on details
of location, production factory, equipments,
containers, protective equipments, storage
sites and other safety provisions.
(2) Notification of Department of Agriculture
entitled Basic Properties, Characteristics
and Criteria for Having in Possession for
sale of Agricultural Hazardous Substances
Licensing. It determines details of location,
building and responsibilities of pesticide
possessor.
Existing laws to be amended
(1) Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives entitled Determination on Details,
Criteria and Methods for Registration of Hazardous
Substances under Responsibility of Department of
Agriculture. It is required to determine validity of
registration certificate. The renewed pesticide
registration will be able to use GHS system for
labelling.
(2) Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives entitled Label and and Toxicity
Level of Hazardous Substances under
Responsibility of Department of Agriculture
B.E. 2538. Label contents and classification
according to GHS system will be determined.
(3) Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives entitled Criteria and Method for
Production, Import, Export and Having in
Possession of Hazardous Substances under
Responsibility of Department of Agriculture
B.E. 2538 (revised in B.E. 2547). Safety Data
Sheet (SDS) according to GHS system will be
determined.
(4) Notification of Ministry of Industry
entitled List of Hazardous Substances
(Third version) B.E. 2548 (2005). It is
required that responsible agencies shall
also control chemicals according to the
purpose of use.
Business & Trade Sector
 There
are two associations concerning pesticide
namely, Thai Crop Protection Association and Thai
Agri-Business Association. Each association has
pesticide import, export, production and distribution
companies as members. These pesticide companies
follow FAO Code of Conduct for Distribution and
Use of Pesticdes.
Pesticide
Business in Thailand
comprises of multinational companies
5-7%, medium and large companies 4045% and small companies 45-55%.
Among them are 83 producers, 174
importers, 453 distributors and 138
fumigators.
 Classification
on type and toxicity of pesticide is
based on the information and data generated by
basic manufacturer in foreign country according to
OECD Guidelines and follow good laboratory
practice (GLP). The generated data shall be
comparable to WHO Recommended Classification
of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to
Classification.
• The Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
produced by multinational
companies should be submitted
when apply for import license.
Both pesticides associations
cooperate with Department of
Agriculture in providing training
course on safe use of pesticides to
farmers.
Multinational companies implement
responsible care system and product
stewardship together with ISO 14000
in order to have recording keeping
system, risk assessment, reporting
and inspection.
• Only large and multinational
companies can implement GHS system
for classification and labeling of both
single and mixed pesticides. Small
enterprises are not able to implement
GHS system.
• The small label makes it impossible to
contain necessary safety information.
There is a possibilty of implementation of
GHS system of labelling on big containers
i.e. carton box, or metal or steel or plastic
drum, or gunny or plastic bag.
Civil Society

Certain groups of civil society are interested in chemical
hazard communication such as Alternate Agricultural
Network, Consumer’s Foundation and Environmental
Network of Chulalongkorn University. The Fruit
Growers Group disseminates safety information on
website http://www.chaosuan.com about safe and
correct method for pesticide application.
The Environmental Network of
Chulalongkorn University posted
information on pesticide about SDS,
hazard, REACH, industrial chemical
and laws on the website
http:// ww.chemtrack.org etc.
There were 2 cases of pesticide accident.
 The first one was on 5 June 2003 at Tambol
Lumpakkud, Amphur Thanyaburi, Pathumthani,
where 10 bottles of ammonium hydrogen phosphate
and potassium nitrate were broken and caused
annoyance to neighbours.
The second accident was on 28 June
2003, at Pesticide storage of Phattalung
Provincial Agricultural Office where
fire took place but could be extinguished
within 30 minutes.
• Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of
Disease Control, MOPH, reported that
during 1993-2002 there were 33,239
pateints caused by pesticides (average
3,323 pateints per year) and died 263
persons (average 26 persons per year).
The rate of sickness was highest in the
year 1998 (6.7 per 100,000 capita), in
the northern region (16.21 per 100,000
capita) at the age of 25-34 years and
most of them were farmers.
►The insecticide of organophosphate group
caused highest number of sickness followed
by herbicide of bipyridylium group
(paraquar). Farmers’ risk of pesticides were
assessed during 1997-2002 and found to
increase every year started from 15.96% in
1997 to 29.41% in 2002.

Consumers’ risk of pesticides was assessed by
analizing of pesticide residues on vetgetables
in Bangkok markets in 2002. Out of 53,431
samples, residues were found in excess of
maximum residue limits MRLs of 1,225
samples (2.29%). Chinese kale sample was
found to have highest percentage on pesticide
residue in excess of MRLs.
Most
of civil societies support organic
farming and non-chemical agriculture.
Members lack of knowledge about
GHS system and should have
opportunity to be trained about it.
THANK YOU
Pesticide Sector