Illegal PPP for growers from September

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The use of five Plant Protection Products (PPP) will become illegal from September 30, 2020.

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12 August 2020

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s (DAFM) Pesticide Registration and Control Division (PRCD), informs the trade on Plant Protection Products (PPP) which have had their registrations revoked or expired, rendering their use illegal.

PPP for which registrations have expired, or have been, or will be, revoked, and the use of which have become illegal from September, 2020

Product name	Company name	PCS No	Substance	Registration expiry date	Product use illegal from
Advanced Bug Killer W.	Neudorff GmbH KG	92348	Pyrethrins	31/03/2019	30/09/2020
Mirage	Adama Agricultural Solutions UK Ltd	00412	Prochloraz	31/03/2019	30/09/2020
Pyrol Bug & Larvae Killer Concentrate	W. Neudorff GmbH KG	04667	Pyrethrins	31/03/2019	30/09/2020
Sporgon 50WP	BASF Plc	91288	Prochloraz	31/03/2019	30/09/2020
Sportak 45 EW	BASF Plc	00644	Prochloraz	31/03/2019	30/09/2020

For the full list of PPP that the use of which will, or already has, become illegal in 2020, click here.

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