BOLETIN OFICIAL No. 29.173, First Section (Argentina)
Agriculture, Livestock, Fish And Food Secretary
PLANT SANITATION
Resolution 182/99
Import, commercialization and use of MONOCROTOFOS as an active ingredient, as well as
products containing it, is prohibited.
Bs. As., June 17, 1999
REFERENCE File Number 12873/97 registered under the National Food Safety and Quality
Service (SENASA), and Rules no. 18.073, 18.796, 20.418, Regulations no. 647 of February
15, 1996, and 1585 of 19 December 1996 and Resolution no. 396 of 23 September 1996 of the
former Argentinean Sanitation and Plant Quality Institute (IASCAV).
CONSIDERING:
That the first article of the above referenced resolution addressed the prohibition of
MONOCROTOFOS use as an active ingredient, as well as products containing it, in alfalfa
crops in all territories of the Republic of Argentina,
That the review of use of MONOCROTOFOS as an active ingredient, as well as products
containing it, was made,
That such active ingredient has been classified by the World Health Organization (WHO)
- and therefore by the National Registry of Plant Therapeutics of the Agrochemical and
Pharmacological and Veterinary Products Office under the National Food Safety and Quality
Service (SENASA) - as product 1A, a category that includes all substances which present
acute toxicity and should be handled with extreme precaution,
That although this substance, as well as products containing it, have been restricted
and commercialized under advisory, there have been episodes, accidental or not, of
undesired consequences in wildlife species in our country,
That the harmful consequences that occurred from the mishandling have caused distress
of governmental and non-governmental institutions, which have requested different
regulatory venues ranging from restricted use and handling to total prohibitions,
That this active ingredient has been restricted to prevent the presence of residues in
food, and to prevent undesired impact on human and environmental health,
That combining the preceding with the former evaluation of the causes of undesired
events in the environment, it was concluded that the mitigation procedures of risk adopted
and communicated have not prevented the occurrence of new events of mortality of
wildlife species due to the use of MONOCROTOFOS,
That products of replacement exist whose handling and utilization result in minor risks
for human health and the environment,
That because the actual state of the matter, the status of the registrations and
the undeniable public interest, corresponds to the imposition of the prohibition of the
use of the active ingredient MONOCROTOFOS in the national territory,
That the Council of Administration of the NATIONAL SERVICE OF HEALTH AND AGROFOOD
QUALITY (SENASA) and the LEGAL OFFICE of the AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, FISH AND FOOD of the
OFFICE OF LEGAL ISSUES OF THE MAIN DIRECTION OF THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY and PUBLIC
SERVICES have become involved as needed,
That the author is competent to instruct this act as declared by Regulation No. 1450,
December 12 1996 and article eight, e) of Regulation No. 1585 December 19, 1996,
Thereby,
THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, AGRONOMY FISH AND FOOD RESOLVES
Article 1. The importation, commercialization and use of MONOCROTOFOS as an active
ingredient, as well as products containing it, is prohibited within the Republic of
Argentina.
Art. 2. The NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY AND QUALTIY SERVICE (SENASA), through the National
Registry Of Plant Therapeutics, will proceed to cancel registrations of all products
containing the active ingredient from article one of this resolution.
Art. 3. The businesses that commercialize products containing the mentioned active
ingredient shall declare, under oath, quantities of remaining products containing the
active ingredient within THIRTY (30) days of the date in which resolution becomes active.
Art. 4. A period of SIX (6) months, starting since the date in which this resolution
becomes active is given for companies to sell the remaining products.
Art. 5. The distributors that acquire products during the period provided in article
Four of this resolution are authorized to deplete them within the following NINETY (90)
days from the termination period determined in the previous article.
Art. 6. Who-so-ever is responsible for infractions of resolution will be sanctioned
according to the statements given in Article 18 of Regulation No. 1585, December 19,
1996.
Art. 7. This resolution will become active the day after it is published in the
Official Bulletin.
Art. 8. Communicate, publish, present it to the National Directive of Official
Registry, and file it. – Ricardo J. Novo.