Pest, defined

A pesticide is defined, under the Food and Environment Protection Act (1985), as any substance, preparation or organism prepared or used for destroying any pest . Pesticides include herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, molliiscicides, roden-ticides, growth regulators, and masonry and timber preservatives. 

Webster s Third International Dictionary refers to a pesticide as an agent (as a chemical) used to destroy a pest Economic poison. The Federal Register for March 27, 1964, further defines... 

Deviation from the 860.1500 test location guideline should be discussed with EPA prior to starting a specialized marketing plan if significant delays are to be avoided during the review process. OPPTS 860.1500 outlines how the number of tests in a study can be modified relative to SEN labels. The use of an SEN may be a particularly useful way to manage unique crop pests found in limited easily definable and reasonably confined production regions. 

Major steps included, for example, plant production, transport, processing and retail. Each major step was subdivided into activities called substeps , which were defined in common categories. For example, the major step transport from processor to retailer could contain substeps in the following categories certification/inspection management labour packaging/labelling equipment pest control contact to supplier/customer. 

Pesticides are classified according to the pests they control. Table 1 lists the various pesticides and other classes of chemical compounds not commonly considered pesticides but included among the pesticides as defined by U.S. federal and state laws [1]. The four most widely used types of pesticides are (a) insecticides, (b) herbicides, (c) fungicides, and (d) rodenticides [6]. 

It is also important that the area where finished excipient is stored be under an insect and rodent control program. Typically, the site contracts with an exterminator to perform monthly inspections for evidence of insect or rodent activity. The exterminator should only use Food Drug and Administration approved materials in controlling these pests. The exterminator should tour the site following a proscribed path usually defined on a site map. The exterminator should provide a report of his/ her findings to the site. This report can be in the form of a notation on the paperwork left with the facility host by the exterminator as a record of their visit. 

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