On May 16 2013, the ICAMA circulated a notice to the concerned labs that they will be proficiency tested. The testing facilities of environmental study for pesticide registration are asked to perform test items on unknown samples and submit the test report to ICAMA. ICAMA will check the report and evaluate whether these facilities are capable of obtaining accurate data for pesticide registration.
The test items of the proficiency evaluation are classified into two categories, the environmental toxicological study and the environmental fate study. The test report of fish acute toxicity test and avian oral acute toxicity test will be conducted by the testing facilities for environmental toxicological study, while the soil-degradation test and the hydrolysis test will be carried out by the subject labs for environmental fate study.
The 11 testing facilities previously approved and published under the MoA’s Announcement 1533 and the new applicants of qualification for ICAMA registration are expected to receive the unknown sample from ICAMA and required to submit the testing report to the ICAMA for further review.
ICAMA will also provide limited information on physicochemical properties of the samples, template of the test report and test guidelines. The samples and reference standards will be distributed from June 15 to June 30. Tests should be performed and the test report be submitted from July 1 to August 31. The ICAMA warns that the test items should be independently completed and colluding with each other for the test result is not allowed. If necessary, ICAMA will conduct on-site inspection over the testing facilities.
