On July 12, 2013, Taiwan Council of Agricultural (COA), Executive Yuan issued the Announcement 1021487227 and the Annoucement 1021487233 to ban 10 and restrict 39 formulated pesticide products.
The manufacturing, processing and importing of mevinphos EC 10% mevinphos AS 10% , disulfoton GR 5% azinphos-methyl WP 25%, dicrotophos + trichlorfon AS 50%, fenpropathrin+methamidophos EC 45%, paraquat + diuron WP 60% and paraquat + diuron SC 42.5% should be banned, starting from July 15 2013. The marketing and use of the products will be stopped from January 1, 2014.
The manufacturing, processing and importing of methanidophos AS 50%and the demeton-S-methyl EC 25% will be banned from Jan 1, 2014 and the marketing and uses will be stopped from Jan 1, 2015.
COA cancelled the usage and use range of 39 formulated pesticides and the use of the products will be restricted from different timelines:
Restriction starting from Jan 1 2015 : fenobucarb＋isoprocarb DP 4% | |
Restriction starting from Jul 5 2013 | |
xylylcarb DP 2% | ammonium ferric methylarsonate DP 0.4% |
iprobenfos+ammonium ferric methylarsonate DP 2.4% | carbosulfan DP 1% |
fenobucarb+ carbaryl+ isoprocarb DP 3.8% | carbosulfan DP 2% |
carbaryl DP 1.5% | isoxathion DP 2.% |
carbaryl + malathion DP 3.5% | fenobucarb+propaphos DP 2.5% |
buprofezin+isoprocarb DP 2.5% | propaphos+ isoprocarb+ BPMC DP 3.5% |
propoxur DP 1% | buprofezin + Isoprocarb DP 2.5% |
metolcarb+ cartap DP 4% | pyridanphenthion+metolcarb DP 3.5% |
fenobucarb+ phosmet DP 3% | strontium Quinolinolate DP 5% |
phosmet+isoprocarb DP 3% | phosmet DP 1.5% |
malathion+XMC DP 4% | phenothrin + fenitrothion + BPMC DP 2.4% |
mepronil DP 3% | methasulfocarb DP 10% |
kasugamycin hydrate hydrochloride DP 0.2% | kasugamycin+Phosdiphen DP 2.1% |
isoprocarb+ phosphamidon DP 2.3% | Kasugamycin DP 0.3% |
validamycin A+ phthalide DP 2.8% | iprobenfos+ malathion DP 4% |
fenitrothion DP 3% | bendiocarb DP 1% |
phthalide DP 2.5% | iprobenfos+ ASOZIN DP 1.9 |
Phthalide+edifenphos DP 2.5% | aluminium phosphide BA 56% |
edifenphos DP 2% | magnesium phosphide TB 32% |
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