The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) on November 08, 2023, issued a notification regarding the exemption of the laboratories accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Accredited for the Registration of insecticides
The following has been stated namely: -
• It states that the laboratories of the following organizations are accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Accredited Laboratories or have Good Laboratory Practices certification with insecticides in their scope, namely: -
(i) Indian Council for Agricultural Research;
(ii) State Agriculture Universities;
(iii) Institutions of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare;
(iv) Department of Science and Technology; and
(v) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research;
• It states that any other Government or private laboratories or insecticide industries recognized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research or the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology and accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Accredited Laboratories or having Good Laboratory Practices certification with insecticides in their scope.
• It states that the exemption shall be for the purpose of importing sample quantity of,
(i) insecticide formulation to the tune of up to twenty kilograms in a calendar year;
(ii) technical insecticides to the tune of ten kilograms in a calendar year;
(iii) plant growth regulators, household insecticides, and other products for pre-harvest or post-harvest treatment of crop produce to the tune of five hundred grams in a calendar year.
[Notification No. S.O. 4844(E)]
