Usage of Three Active Ingredients in Agriculture to Be Banned
· AA Yeşil Hat
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has decided to phase out the use of three plant protection active ingredients due to human and environmental health risks.
The General Directorate of Food and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced that plant protection products containing three active ingredients named 'thiophanate methyl', 'indoxacarb', and 'phosmet', used in agricultural production, will be withdrawn from the market. The decision was stated to have been made considering human and environmental health risks, approval statuses in the European Union, and the existence of registered alternatives.
Stating that the process will be carried out with a phased calendar, the General Directorate of Food and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry made the following statement: