Good Agricultural Practice development

However, there is no general requirement that enforcement methods need to monitor all metabolites of an active ingredient. The primary purpose of enforcement methods is to detect violations of good agricultural practice. For this purpose, residue levels found in samples from the market (so-called Market Basket Surveys) have to be compared with MRLs, which are derived from residue concentrations found in supervised trials. It is not necessary for this comparison to be based on the total pesticide residue. Most often the choice of a single compound (e.g., parent or primary metabolite) as a marker of the total pesticide residue is more feasible. Method development and the later method application are much easier in that case. Only for intake calculation purposes, e.g., when the daily intake of pesticide residues (calculated from the results... 

Principles for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) should be developed which specifically aim at reducing the dependency of agriculture on plant protection chemicals. This may be facilitated by establishing an EU-supported GAP research facility . Least-harmful plant protection practices should be developed and promoted wherever feasible and practicable. 

Information on good agricultural practices of many important medicinal plant species is either not available or meager. This information is important in view of quality assurance and safety of the products derived from medicinal plant species. The WHO has developed guidelines for good agricultural and collection practices however, there is a need to develop country specific guidelines for such practices. 

In order to address this point the European Herb Growers and Producers Association (Europam) have developed guidelines for Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. 

Developing a Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) framework for benchmarking existing assurance schemes and standards including traceability. 

The ALKAMULS AG surfactants are proprietary blends developed for use in agricultural applications. The ALKAMULS AG series is appropriate for use in herbicide, pesticide and fungicide formulations, and is suitable for the development of both concentrates and wettable powders. Residues of these surfactants are exempt from tolerance requirements under EPA Regulation 40 CFR 180 1001(d) when used in accordance with good agricultural practice as inert ingredients in formulations developed for growing crops. 

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