The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) recently issued a new factsheet (postnote 336) dealing with the issue of crop protection and the potentially damaging impact for UK agriculture and horticulture of the new EU Regulation on pesticide authorisations.

The Crop Protection Association has welcomed the new POST document, both in providing a broad overview of the regulatory context and in maintaining the profile of this critical issue among UK politicians. But CPA is concerned that it over-emphasises the role of other pest control strategies in compensating for the loss of vital crop protection products.

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