Ministry of Agriculture Order No. 8
"Measures  for the Administration of pesticide labels and instructions," been  December 6, 2007 Department of Agriculture 15th executive meeting, is  hereby promulgated, and January 8, 2008 shall come into force.
Minister Sun Zhengcai
December 8, 2007
Management practices of pesticide labels and instructions
Chapter I General Provisions
First  to regulate pesticide labels and instructions, improve the pesticide  registration system, according to the "Pesticide Management  Regulations", "pesticide regulations to implement measures" to develop  this approach.
Article in the People's Republic  of sales of pesticide products, their labels and instructions should be  consistent with this regulation.
Article The  term labels and instructions on the packaging refers to pesticides or  pesticide packaging attached to text, graphics, symbols, instructions  explain all the things pesticide content.
Pesticide products in the packaging material should be printed or labeled surface. Package  size is too small, labeling the contents can not be marked with the  provisions, it shall be accompanied by appropriate instructions.
Article pesticide labels and instructions by the Ministry of Agriculture pesticide registration review and approval. Pesticide registration applications submitted by pesticide product label should be proof. Inconsistent with label instructions, the instructions should also be submitted sample. Applicants should be instructions on the label and the authenticity of the content, scientific, responsible for the accuracy.
Ministry  of Agriculture decided to approve the registration of pesticides, while  release of the pesticide label and explanatory notes. Sample  labels and instructions marked on the approved date, stamped "Ministry  of Agriculture Pesticide Registration Approval Seal."
Article  labeling and content should be authentic, standardized, accurate, and  its text, symbols, patterns should be easy to identify and read, are not  allowed to paste, cut, altered, etc. to modify or supplement.
Article  labels and instructions published by the State should use standardized  Chinese characters, Pinyin, or can use other words. The meaning of other written expression should be consistent with the character.
Chapter contents mark
Article  label should indicate the name of the pesticide, active ingredient and  content, formulation, pesticide registration number or a temporary  registration number of pesticides, pesticide production license or  approval document for Pesticide Production, product standards, the  business name and contact information, production date,  batch number, expiry date, weight, performance, usage, use of  technology and use, toxicity and identity, attention, poisoning, first  aid, storage and transport methods, pesticide category, such as  topographic maps and other requirements approved by the Ministry of  Agriculture marked content.
Products  accompanied by instructions, the instructions should mark the entire  contents of the preceding paragraph; pesticide label should be marked at  least the name, dosage form, pesticide registration number or a  temporary registration number of pesticides, pesticide production  license or approval document for Pesticide Production, product standards  number, weight, production date, batch number,  expiry date, company name and contact information, toxicity, and  identification, and indicate "see manual" words.
Rodenticide  product labels should also be printed on or affixed to the provisions  of rodenticides patterns and anti-counterfeit labels.
Packing  of pesticide products, the label should be used with the manufacturers  label the same, and also marked packing company name and contact  information, packaging and registration number, pesticide-packing  production license number or approval document for Pesticide Production,  packing date, expiry date calculated from the date of production.
Article  name of the pesticide should be simplified using a common name or  common name, the direct use of health pesticide formulations in order to  function as the product described in words and names. Pesticide name naming and directory separately.
Not  yet included in the list of pesticide formulations, pesticide applicant  shall name naming names to the Department of Agriculture pesticide  recommendations made by the Ministry of Agriculture approved before use.
Article  IX of imported pesticide products are sold directly, you can not label  or pesticide production license approval document for Pesticide  Production, product standards.
Article corporate name refers to the manufacturer's name, contact information including address, zip code, telephone and so on.
Chinese  imports of pesticide products should be used to indicate the country of  origin (or region) name, producer name, and in our office or agency  name, address, zip code, telephone and so on.
In addition to the name of the Regulations of organization, the label shall mark the name of any other organization.
Production  date should be in accordance with Article XI year, month, day order  mark, with four-digit year, month, day, respectively, with two digits.
Article XII of validity period to ensure product quality, said the effective date or expiration date.
Article XIII of the weight should be used, said the state's legal units of measurement. Volume  of liquid pesticide products can also be said; specific pesticide  products, according to its characteristics, said in an appropriate  manner.
Article XIV performance products  including the basic nature, function, role characteristics, the  performance of the pesticide product description shall not approve the  use of pesticide registration and control of the object does not match.
Article  XV purposes, use of technology and the use of methods including for  crops or use of, control objects and the application time, dose,  frequency and methods.
For field crops, the use  of doses used per hectare, said the amount of the product formulation,  and in brackets the amount of preparation or dilution mu. For  trees and other crops, the use of dose using the total amount of active  ingredient, said concentration, and dilution of preparations in  brackets; seed treatment agent dosage use of pesticides and seed quality  than that. Special use of pesticides, the use of  pesticide dose expression should be registered with the approval of the  contents of the agreement.
Article XVI toxicity  is divided into highly toxic, highly toxic, moderate toxicity, low  toxicity, toxic micro-five levels, respectively, "" logo and "highly  toxic" word, "" logo and "highly toxic" character, "" logo and "Medium poison" words, "" identity, "slightly toxic" word mark. Logo should be black, descriptive text should be red.
By  the highly toxic, highly toxic pesticide formulations processed  products, the toxicity level and the highest toxicity level of the  original drugs is inconsistent, they should also use brackets to the  original drug's highest toxicity level.
Article XVII Notes should be marked the following:
(A) field with pesticides
1  product safety need to be clear interval shall be marked with the  interval of each crop production cycle and the maximum number of  application;
(2) after the crop production  influential, its impact and should be marked only after the crop or  crops can not grow crop after crop, the time interval;
3 on crop injury prone, or prone to pest resistance, should identify the main causes and prevention;
4  of beneficial organisms (such as bees, birds, silkworms, earthworms,  predators and fish, Daphnia and other aquatic organisms) and environment  prone to adverse effects, should be clearly stated, and use precautions  mark, application equipment cleaning requirements , scraps and waste packaging of pharmaceutical treatment;
5 are known and can not mix other substances such as pesticides used, it should be marked;
6 on the packaging of pharmaceutical spill or prone to injury, it should be marked on the right way;
7. When applied security measures should be taken;
8 The state regulations prohibit the use of pesticides, crop or range.
(B) the health of pesticides
To humans and animals, the environment prone to hazards, preventive measures should be described and marked.
Article  18 of the poisoning, first aid measures should include symptoms and  ingested, inhaled, splashed into the eyes, skin contaminated with  pesticide after the first aid and treatment measures and so on.
There are specific antidotes, it should be marked, and marked medical advice.
With conditions, can indicate poisoning emergency Tel.
Article  19, including storage and transport methods should be stored when the  light, temperature, humidity, ventilation requirements and environmental  conditions such as loading and unloading, transportation of the notes,  and prominently marked "away from children", "not with food, beverages,  food, mixed feed storage "and other warning content.
Diershitiao pesticide category should use the appropriate symbol with text and color characteristics, said.
Different  types of pesticides used on the label with the bottom edge of the  bottom plus a parallel, non-fading characteristics of color logo with  that.
Herbicide use "herbicide" and a green  belt that; insecticide (mites, molluscs) agents use "pesticides" or  "miticide", "kill mollusks agent" and a red belt, said; sterilization  (nematodes ) agents with the "antiseptic" or  "nematicide" and a black belt, said; plant growth regulators with "plant  growth regulator" and a yellow belt, said; rodenticide use "rat poison"  and a blue with that; insecticide / fungicide use "pesticides / fungicides," the words, red and black belt said. Description of the kind of pesticides should be embedded in the logo text to bring, in sharp contrast with the color.
Twenty-one  shaped like a map should be used according to product safety measures  need to choose, but not necessary to replace the label text.
Shaped  like the actual figure should be based on product requirements and  order of operations, including storage, like topographic maps,  operations such as topographic maps, topographic maps as advice,  warnings, such as topographic maps. Shaped like a  map should be printed in black and white two colors, usually the bottom  of the label, its size should be coordinated with the size of the label.
Article 22 of the original drug product labels may not mark the use of technology and use.
Article  23 The direct use of the health characteristics of pesticides may not  be marked with a color logo and the like-shaped figure.
Article  24 shall not mark any label with publicity, advertising, text colors,  symbols, patterns, and shall not be awarded the honorary title of mark  companies. Laws, rules or regulations as otherwise provided, shall apply.
Chapter III production, use and management
Article  25 highly toxic, highly toxic pesticide products, pharmaceutical  products may not be used with (such as oral solution) is similar to the  packaging, and other pesticide products and pharmaceutical products  using similar packaging, warning labels should be clearly marked as  content or form of map.
Article 26 Chinese characters on the label font height of not less than 1.8 mm, toxicity identification should be visible.
Article  27 The name of the pesticide should be significant, highlighting, font,  size, color should be consistent and meet the following requirements:
(A)  for the horizontal version of the label, the label should be within the  upper third of the middle of a significant mark; the vertical version  of the label, the label should be within the right side of the middle  third was significantly marked;
(B) not use  cursive, Seal and so difficult to identify the font, not italic, hollow,  shadows and other forms of modification of the font;
(C) the font color and background color should be in stark contrast;
(D) Apart from the packaging size limit can not peer writing, the writing may not branch.
Article  28 active ingredients and formulations in the name of the pesticide  should be prominently marked just below the (horizontal version of the  label) or are on the left (vertical version of the label) adjacent to  each other (direct use of the health mark with pesticide formulations  can not name), font height of not less than the name of the pesticide's half.
Mixed  formulations of total active ingredient content should be marked and a  variety of active ingredients of the common name and content. The  generic name and active ingredient content should be prominently marked  in the name of the pesticide directly below the (horizontal version of  the label) or are on the left (vertical version of the label), font,  size, color should be consistent, the name of the font height of not  less than two-thirds of pesticides one.
Article  29 The use of trademarks or labels used in this provision allows  corporate awards and honorary titles, it should be marked on the label  of the edge or corner; containing text, the word name of an area no  larger than the word pesticide area.
Article 30  shall not appear on the label and instructions without the use of  registration and control of object patterns, symbols, text.
第三十一条 approved labeling and instructions, pesticide production, the operators are not allowed to change the label content. Need to modify the labels and instructions, should be reported to the Ministry of Agriculture re-approval.
According  to the Ministry of Agriculture pesticide products arising from the use  of the safety and effectiveness issues, may require pesticide  manufacturers to modify labels and instructions, and re-approval.
Article  32 to apply labels or instructions to change the content, the reasons  shall be in writing changes and submit the revised label and  instructions proofs. Ministry of Agriculture within 20 working days to complete an examination to be approved by the public.
Applicants  receiving approval of the label and instructions to re-sample, it  should return the original sample labels and instructions.
Article  33 re-approved labeling and instructions for three months, the  pesticide manufacturers may continue to use the original label and  instructions.
Violation of Article 34 measures, according to "pesticide regulations" the relevant provisions of punishment.
Chapter IV Supplementary Provisions
Article 35 These Measures shall be January 8, 2008 shall come into force. Registered label or instructions inconsistent with this approach, should apply for re-approval to the Ministry of Agriculture. Since  July 1, 2008, the production of pesticides, pesticide manufacturers are  not allowed to use the product does not comply with the provisions of  the labels and instructions.