What pesticide rules make a firm write down
Pest control record keeping requirements under pesticide and COSHH rules
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Pesticide and exposure rules make a pest control firm write down what it applied, where and when, and keep it for years. That is why its treatment logs run so deep.
Pest control rules in the United States
Restricted use pesticide applications
40 CFR 171.303 has state plans require "certified commercial applicators to record and maintain for the period of at least two years routine operational records containing information on types, amounts, uses, dates, and places of application of restricted use pesticides".
Source: 40 CFR 171.303, state certification plans
Application and hazard information on farms
Under the Worker Protection Standard, 40 CFR 170.311 has the agricultural employer retain the pesticide application and hazard information it displays, for two years.
Source: 40 CFR 170.311, display and retention
Pest control rules in Great Britain
Exposure monitoring records
COSHH regulation 10 has the employer keep a record of exposure monitoring, "where the record is representative of the personal exposures of identifiable employees, for at least 40 years", and in any other case for at least 5 years.
Source: COSHH Regulations 2002, regulation 10
Certificates to buy professional products
Regulation 9 of the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 bars buying a professional product for an individual's use unless that individual holds a specified certificate, or a stated exception applies.
Source: Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012, regulation 9
Kept logs and a licence
A licence copies these logs; it never replaces the originals the firm must hold. Records that name an employee's exposure or a customer's premises are cleaned of those details first.