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Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · s 206

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s 206Evaluation of plant pesticide product for registration

(1)

In order to ascertain that a plant pesticide product is suitable for registration under this Act, the Agency may —

(a)

subject samples of the product to an evaluation by an analyst;

(b)

require the applicant for the registration of the product to send samples of the product for evaluation by an analyst and then submit the evaluation report to the Agency; or

(c)

consider the evaluation report of any body or organisation, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, that has evaluated the product.

(2)

The evaluation of a plant pesticide product must include any tests and examination of the product that the Agency considers necessary to determine any of the following matters:

(a)

whether the quality, safety or efficacy of the product for the purposes for which it is to be used has been satisfactorily established;

(b)

whether the label to be approved for containers of the product, if registered, meets the labelling criteria;

(c)

whether the product complies with any requirements that are prescribed in relation to it by any pesticide control regulations;

(d)

any other matters relating to the product as the Agency thinks relevant.

(3)

All costs reasonably incurred by the Agency for the evaluation of a plant pesticide product under this section must be borne by the applicant for the registration of the product.