| Which piece of UK legislation implements the Sustainable Use Directive? | Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 |
| What does MRL mean? | Maximum residues level |
| In what instance can you not reduce product water volume? | If it increases concentration by 10x, label specifies MUST not, label specifies serious damage to eyes, haz-chem signage for toxic or corrosive |
| Where should the most dangerous pesticides go? | At the back of the store |
| What does breach of COPR 1986 adjuvant legislation entail? | Break of cross compliance and farm assurance |
| What EU legislation deals with plant protection product approvals? | Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 |
| Mains water supplies used for filling a field crop sprayer should be protected from contamination by? | A double check valve |
| What are the 3 conditions of LERAP B reduction for a product? | Water course width, Product rate, Nozzle rating |
| What does LERAP A dictate? | A 5m buffer zone for boom sprayers and 1m for knapsack or boom sprayer if ditch is dry |
| What does LERAP B dictate? | A 5m buffer zone for boom sprayers and 1m for knapsack but a LERAP can be undertaken to reduce the buffer zone |
| What does LERAP stand for? | Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides |
| What is the easiest way to ensure 1m LERAP B? | 3 star nozzles |
| How can used pesticide containers be disposed of? | A licensed waste disposal contractor |
| What formulation products should not be stored beneath liquids? | Granular |
| What does the Interim Scheme dicatate? | Any product with a buffer of over 5m is not eligible for a reduction via LERAP and the full 6-20m buffer zone must be observed |
| What legislation aims to protect people from chemicals classed as poisons | Poisons act 1972 |
| What are the obligations of a person buying poisons? | Sign the poisons register, prove the need for purchase, lock pesticide in a secure store |
| What legislation was set up to promote, stimulate and encourage high standards of health and safety at work? | Health & Safety at Work act 1974 |
| What is COSHH | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health |
| How long must all PPP application records be kept for by law? | 3 years |
| What does the Plant Protection Product Regulation (statutory conditions) 2012 aim to achieve? | Effective pesticides safe to the environment, operator and consumer |
| What is the penalty for non compliance with statutory conditions? | £20,000 fine and break of cross compliance |
| Who enforces penalties of the breach in statutory conditions? | CRD |
| Under COSHH regulations, what does ESTOP mean? | Eliminate risk, substitute product, technological controls, operational controls, PPE from label |
| What are MRL's a measure of? | Good agricultural practice |
| What general obligations do the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 impose on an employer? | to ensure as reasonably practical, the health and safety and welfare of employees by providing necessary PPE, training and supervision |
| What general obligations do the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 impose on an employee? | to take reasonable care of their own health and the safety of others |
| What general obligations do the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 impose on a supplier? | to ensure substances are safe when; being used, handled, transported and stored whilst providing information on risks, safe usage and disposal |
| What is the COSHH definition of a hazard? | potential of a substance to cause harm |
| What is the COSHH definition of risk? | likelihood that a substance will harm people |
| What was COSHH 2002 created to reduce exposure from? | Pesticides, nutrients, dust, mould spores and silage additives |
| Regarding pesticide use, COSHH regulations apply if: | a pesticide label exhibits a warning sign in accordance with the CLP regulation, the HSE has set an OEL, any of the above in substantial concentration |
| What is an OEL or MEL and where can they be found? | Occupation exposure limit in the EH40/2005 document |
| What is FEPA? | The food and environmental protection act 1985 |
| What are the aims of the FEPA 1985? | Protect the life of humans, creatures and plants. Safeguard the environment. Secure, safe and efficient humane control of pests. Publicize pesticide information |
| What is the SUD? | Sustainable use directive 2009/128/EC |
| When was the new PPPR (sustainable use) regulation brought into force? | 18th July 2012 |
| Who authorizes EAMU's and why? | CRD following assessments of specific data |
| What does the Environmental Protection Act 1990 stipulate? | It is an offence to keep or dispose of controlled waste in a way that is likely to pollute the environment or harm people |
| What does the Food Safety Act 1990 stipulate? | Must be able to prove due diligence in handling food stuffs for human consumption |
| What does the Water Industries Act 1991 stipulate? | To secure the quality of drinking water supplies |
| What does the Pesticides Act 1998 stipulate? | Power to local authorities to seize unapproved pesticides |
| What does the Groundwater Regulations 1998 stipulate? | Consent is required from the EA to dispose waste pesticide onto agricultural land |
| What does the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC stipulate? | Quality of surface waters |
| What does the Environmental Permitting Regulation 2010 stipulate? | Offence to cause or permit the discharge of poisonous, polluting or noxious matter into waters |
| What should suitable chemical handling gloves be? | Nitrile rubber with a minimum thickness of 0.5mm and 300mm length |
| What type of coveralls should be used when applying liquid pesticides? | Type 3 or 4 |
| Name a mechanical or technological pesticide contamination control | carbon cab filter |
| What grade should a respirator be for airborne vapours? | A1P2 |
| What is the LD50? | Lethal dose for 50% of the pest |
| What happens as the LD50 is reduced? | Toxicity increases |
| List the 7 statutory conditions: | Field of use, crop, maximum dose, latest application and harvest interval, operator protection, environmental protection, other product specific conditions |
| What can you not do legally if safety precaution details serious damage to eyes? | reduce/ increase concentration |
| If PPE isn't listed on a product label, what should you refer to? | Yellow code HSE |
| What must all PPE be labelled with? | CE mark |
| What is the voluntary initiative? | Reduction of pesticide usage through IPM |
| In a pesticide store, where should gassing compounds be found? | In a lockable, sealed metal container above the bund labelled "moisture activated gassing compounds" |
| How long must the doors and walls of a pesticide store be fire resistant for? | 30 minutes |
| Does the roof have to be fire resistant? | No |
| What should the bund capacity of a pesticide store be? | 110% of maximum holding capacity and 185% if in an environmentally sensitive area or 50m from a borehole |
| What should a pesticide store bund be made from? | Non-permeable materials |
| A pesticide store ramp must be a maximum of how steep and why? | <5 degrees to prevent load destabilization |
| What should shelveing be made from in a pesticide store? | Non-permeable or absorbent materials |
| What must be visible on the external door/walls of the store? | Danger, no smoking and naked flame signage |
| What items must be present in a pesticide store? | Spill kit, 2x 500ml eyewash irrigators, dry powder extinguisher, emergency action plan, first aid kit outside |
| What must a pesticide store be capable of? | Lockable, adequate lighting, frost protection, non direct sunlight, accurate stocktakes and organisation of chemicals, well ventilated, away from combustibles, away from public view and away from watercourses |
| Where should the first aid/ eyewashers be? | Outside the store and by the store entrance |
| What must be a feature of mobile chemical storage? | Lockable bunded cabinet not in the cab, danger signage, eyewash irrigators |
| What are the types of adjuvants? | Surfactants, stickers, oils and penetrants |
| What is the definition of an adjuvant? | A substance other than water, without significant pesticidal properties, which enhances or is intended to enhance the effectiveness of a pesticide, when added to that pesticide |
| What must adjuvants prove prior to authorisation? | Safety to consumer and environment but not crop safety |
| What must CRD see for an EAMU to be approved? | Safety to consumers and environment |
| What must be carried out prior to using an adjuvant? | Check if the adjuvant is listed on secure pesticides and check the conditions of use listed |
| What legislation does adjuvant authorisation come under? | COPR 1986 |
| Describe the EU approval process for plant protection products | Manufacturer produces a full data registration dossier, Rapporteur country (EFSA appointed) assesses the dossier and submits a draft evaluation report (DAR) to EFSA, EFSA consults experts in member countries to review draft evaluation report to form a suitability assessment and MRL conclusion report, Standing Committee of Plants Animals Food and Feed vote for approval |
| Describe the UK approval process for plant protection products | Manufacturer submits product dossier to HSE/CRD, CRD validate trial data and check its efficacy and send evaluation to Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP), ECP provide independent evaluation to the ministerial committee (DEFRA) on conditions of approval, MAPP number is allocated if product is authorised |
| What are the various types of product approval? | Full, limited, off label, emergency, generic, parallel |
| What must the grower do when applying a product via an EAMU? | Keep the EAMU for 3 years, to ascertain conditions of use. At growers risk |
| What must be found on a pesticide transporting vehicle? | Signage, spill kit, eyewash irrigator, fire extinguisher, PPE, first aid |
| What should be found on the material safety data sheet? | Health, fire and environmental risks |
| What does the Sustainable Use Directive entail for growers? | Machinery testing, record keeping, training operators, IPM, Protect the environment |
| What are the obligations around buying and selling part 2 poisons? First, give a part 2 poison example | Aluminum phosphide, Must have need to use, sellers must be registered with BASIS, comply with SUD, buyer must hold certificate of competence |
| What are the obligations around buying and selling part 4 poisons? First, give a part 4 poison example | Oxamyl, must be registered with the local authority |
| What is stage 1 of a sprayer calibration? How is it performed? | Leak checks, set high pressure and test for failures |
| What is stage 2 of a sprayer calibration? How is it performed? | Check booms, nozzles, welds, anti drip valves, breakbacks, boom height |
| What is stage 3 of a sprayer calibration? How is it performed? | Speed test, calibrate forward speed |
| What is stage 4 of a sprayer calibration? How is it performed? Equation? | Output test, jug test, water volume x speed x nozzle spacing / 600 |
| What mode of action are carbamates and organophosphates? | Acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitors |
| What mode of action are pyrethroids? | Sodium channel inhibitors |
| What mode of action are neonicitinoids | Acetylcholine receptor inhibitors |
| How do organophosphates work? | Binds to acetylcholinesterase enzyme, preventing breakdown of acetylcholine and causing constant stimulation |
| How do carbamates work? | They act as competitors to acetylcholine for the substrates surface and cause a build up of acetylcholine and constant stimulation |
| How do pyrethroids work? | Bind to a protein, voltage gated sodium channel and prevents it from closing, causing constant stimulation |
| How do noenicitinoids work? | Mimics acetylcholine but cannot be broken down by acetylcholinesterase, causing overstimulation |
| What are the 4 main steps of IPM? | Assessment of pest and lifecycle, prevention using cultural control, observation of thresholds, intervention with pesticides as a last resort |
| What is the correct tank mixture sequence? | Water dispersible granules, adjuvant, suspension concentrate, emulsifiable concentrate, trace element |
| What is the reducible buffer zone under LERAP B if the watercourse is greater than 6m in with? | 2m |
| Describe the Arthropod buffer scheme | A label specific distance, using margins and crop as a buffer zone to protect non-target insects |
| Describe the DRT (drift reduction technology) scheme | Allows use of drt to use products that would otherwise be unauthorised. 30m buffer reducible to 18m, 12m or 6m dependent on label by using 3 star nozzles |
| What was the Sustainable Use Directive created to achieve - 5 points | Machinery calibration NSTS, Record keeping, Training operators, IPM methods, Protecting the environment |
