Pest Control Products Board
Nairobi, Kenya
INTRODUCTION
• PCPB is a statutory organization of Kenya
Government established by an Act of ParliamentPest Control Products Act Cap 346, 1982.
• This is an Act of Parliament to regulate the
importation, exportation, manufacture, distribution
and use of products used for the control of pests
and of the organic function of plants and animals
and for connected purposes.
MISSION
To provide an efficient and effective
regulatory service for the importation,
exportation, manufacture distribution,
transportation, sale, disposal and safe
use of pest control products and
mitigate potential harmful effects to the
environment.
Mandate
• Assessing the safety, efficacy, quality, merit and
economic value of pest control products.
• Assessing suitability of premises used for
manufacture/formulation, re-packing, storage and
distribution of pest control products for purposes
of licensing
• Processing and issuing import/export permits
• Advising the Minister on all matters relating to the
Provisions of the PCP Act and Regulations
Mandate- cont’d
• Creating awareness to the general public on all
aspects of safety, storage, handling, disposal and
use of PCPs
• Monitoring and ensuring adherence of quality
standards of pest control products throughout the
supply chain
• Investigating and prosecuting contravention of the
Pest Control Products Act.
• Supervising the disposal of obsolete or undesired
pest control products.
Organizational structure
Board of Directors
MD/ Secretary
Inspection, Training
and Licensing
Registration and
Analysis
Finance and
Administration
Inspectors
Analysts, Registration
Officers
Accountants, Information
Technology, Human
Resource & Support Staff
The Board of Directors
• Chairperson-appointed by the president
• Experts in pest control-crop and animal production
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(public officers)
Rep. from ministries-Trade, Environment, Health,
Water, The Govt. Chemist, Director KEBS, Director
CRF, Director of Agriculture
Farmer representatives-Livestock & Crop production
Secretary/CE
Co-opted-upto 5
Directors cont.
 Farmer representatives (2) for livestock &
crop production
 Director of Agriculture
 Secretary to the Board/CE
 Co-opted- upto 5 persons whose assistance
or service the Board may require ( no voting
powers)
Functions of PCPB
1) Regulatory
 Registration and approval of PCP for usage
 Analysis for quality
 Sale & distribution through licensing of
premises, imports/exports, operators
Functions cont.
2) Technical
 Evaluate products for efficacy testing
 Assess efficacy data before recommendations
 Post registration surveillance
Functions cont.
3) Training & information Dissemination
 Train extension staff, students, formulators,
retailers, etc on pesticide mngt.
 Advice govt./relevant authorities on
pesticides.
 Contact point for pesticides - Codex,
Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm
Convention etc.
Range of products regulated
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH
Weed control
Tse tse fly control
Cockroach control
PESTICIDES
Crop disease
control
Rodent control
Tick control
Insect control
Mosquito
control
Range of products regulated
May include;
• Conventional chemical pesticides
• Biopesticides; Botanicals, biochemicals,
microorganisms, natural enemies
• Any compound or substance that enhances or
modifies the physical or chemical characteristics of
a pest control product to which it is added e.g
adjuvants and wetting agents
• Technical grade active ingredients
Pest control products Act, +Ten subsidiary
legislations
Legislation
 Section 4: “No person shall import into, or sell
in Kenya any pest control product unless that
pest control product has been Registered,
packaged and labeled in accordance with
regulations made under this act…”
 Definition; “A pest control product is a product,
device, organism, substance, or thing that is
manufactured , represented , sold, or used as a
means for directly or indirectly controlling,
preventing, destroying, attracting, or repelling
any pest….”
Registration procedure
• Every person desiring to register a pest control
product is required to submit an application for
registration, a copy of full dossier of technical
information and a label
• Appointment of local agents
• Board considers efficacy, quality and economic
value and also ensures safety to the public, animals
and the environment.
Registration procedure cont’d
• If the Board is satisfied with the information provided,
the product is granted experimental permit for local
biological efficacy trial.
• This is carried out in institutions that have been
accredited by the board for various trials
• Public/Private based on capacity/speciality eg.
Delmonte for pineapples, Kenya Agricultural
Research Institute (KARI)
• Sample delivered to PCPB
Registration procedure cont’d
• On completion of the biological efficacy trial, a
confidential report is sent to PCPB
• Submission of a commercial label reflecting the
application rates, timing of application as
recommended by the local researcher, mitigation
measures to non targets, among other things
• Registration committee (MOPH, KARI,CRF, KEBs
etc) makes recommendations to the Board
• If the Board is satisfied, it may grant full registration
for 3 years and a certificate of registration issued.
This is renewable after every 2 years.
Suspension or deregistration
• PCPB is empowered to suspend or revoke a
certificate of registration if:
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it realized later that the content of the application was
false,
new information indicates that the product is unsafe,
the premises in which the product is manufactured,
formulated or stored are unsuitable for the purpose.
Risk assessment
• All pest control products have to undergo registration
process
• It involves risk assessment ina) Health,
b) Environmental
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Behaviour in the environment (soil, water, air) eg
degradation, mobility of active ingredient, adsorption
Persistence of the metabolites in plants
Effects on representative non targets organisms
Risk assessment cont’d
Studies required for the various non targets using
representative species
 Birds
 Fish
 Daphnia
 Algae
 Bees
 Earthworms
 Soil micro-organisms
Health Risk Assessment
Acute Toxicity studies
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Oral and dermal in laboratory animals eg
1) Acute oral rat
2) Acute dermal rat/rabbit
3) Inhalation
4) Irritation- skin, eye
5) Sensitization
Health Risk Assessment
Repeat dose studies
• Reproduction- multigenerational studies
• Teratogenicity
• Neurotoxicity
• Mutagenicity
• Subchronic
• Long term/ carcinogenicity
Health Risk Assessment
Other studies
• Metabolism-pathways, accumulation, metabolites &
their toxicity
• Occupational/medical surveillance- hazards to
humans, symptoms of poisoning, first aid, antidotes,
Treatment, precautions/restrictions, containment of
spilage & decontamination, disposal, protection of
workers & by-standers
• Residue studies for establishment of MRL and PHI
based on GAP
BIOPESTICIDES
1) Microbial pesticides (bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc
2) Biochemical pesticides
 Semiochemicals
eg insect sex pheromones,
 Enzymes (proteins)
 Natural plant regulators and insect growth
regulators
 Botanical pesticides etc
3) Natural enemies (Macrobials)
 Parasitoids
 Predators
 Pathogens of pests
Special considerations; Microbial biopesticides:
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Kenya Technical Standing Committee on
Imports & Exports (KSTCIE):-Import/export
of live organisms
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National Biosafety Authority:- GMOs/LMOs
Importation/Exportation of Pesticides
• Unregistered products prohibited from importation
• Registered products require an import license from
PCPB
• Importation should be from authorized sources only.
• Imports for research purposes also require authority
from PCPB.
• Officers at the main port of entry ensure that only
authorized products are allowed into the country.
Importation of Pesticides in
Kenya
Import for 2011/2012 Quantities and Values
6,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
Fungicide
Insecticide
3,000.00
Herbicide
Others
2,000.00
1,000.00
Quantity(Tonnes,000)
Value(Million,000,000)
2012
2012
Quantity(Tonnes,000)
Value(Million,000,000)
2011
2011
Handling and distribution
Premises license
• The Board licenses premises dealing with pesticidesmanufacturers, formulators, stockists
• Inspections of premises where pest control products
are manufactured, formulated, repacked or large-scale
users ensures the following:
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Only registered products are manufactured, formulated or
repacked in those premises.
Only correctly imported products are found therein.
Products are correctly labeled using approved labels.
Packages used are those that are approved
• Over 4000 stockists dealing with pesticides
Handling and distribution
regulation
- Products are properly stored and good store
management is in place to avoid issues of obsolete
products.
- Products are within their shelf life.
- Workers in these premises are adequately protected.
- Any waste generated is properly handled and
disposed off.
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Handling and distribution
regulation
- Fire fighting equipment are in place in case of fire
outbreaks.
- First-aid facilities are in place to take care of
incidences of poisoning.
- Pesticides are physically separated from other items
to prevent risk of contamination.
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General Legal Provisions on labels
• Legal Notice No. 89/1984;127/2006
• Regulation 3(1): No pest control product shall be distributed or
sold without a label.
• Regulation 3(2): No label shall be used on a pest control
product unless it has been approved by the Board
• Language- English and Kiswahili
• Types
Experimental /provisional
• commercial
Display panels:
• Principal Display Panel
• Secondary Display Panel
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General guide: Pictograms
• Pictograms shall be inserted according to the FAO/GHS
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Labeling Guidelines
The symbols should convey safety information to users
The Minimum size of each pictogram should be 7mm x 7
mm
The ‘storage and wash after use’ pictograms must appear
on every label.
The face shield must be displayed instead of eye goggles
Overall sleeves should be worn over gumboots and not
stuck inside gum boots
A pictogram of running tap water should be displayed
MEAs
• The Rotterdam convention on the Prior Informed
Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals
and Pesticides in international trade, adopted in 1998
and came into force in February 2004
• The Montreal Protocol on the Substances that delete
the Ozone layer, adopted in 1987 and entered into
force in 1989
• The Basel Convention on Control of Tran boundary
movement of Hazardous wastes and their disposal,
adopted in 1989 and entered into force in 1992
• The Stockholm convention on Persistent Organic
Pollutant adopted in 2001
Challenges
• How to deal with old molecules that are being
withdrawn in the EU, and other countries
• Residues in edible crops and animal products
• Reducing counterfeit products
Our contacts
PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS BOARD
Waiyaki Way (KARI-NAL)
P.O. Box 13794
Nairobi, Westlands- 00800, Kenya
Email: pcpboard@todays.co.ke
Website: www.pcpb.or.ke
Tel: +254-20-8021846/7/8
Mobile:+254-720 480 904/-735 778 743
Fax: +254-20-8021865
Regional offices- Coast, Western, Eastern Kenya