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Keeping Records Of Chemical Use

Keeping records of chemical use is sometimes required by law. "But that is only one reason records should be kept," says Alan Roberts, DPI Senior Chemical Standards Officer at Bendigo.

By Department Of Primary Industries - 4th May 2006 - Back to News

"There are a number of good reasons why keeping records of chemical use can help chemical users with their business."

For restricted chemicals used in Victoria specified records of use must be made and kept for a period of two years. The restricted chemicals that require specified records to be kept in Victoria are the Schedule 7 poisons (such as 1080 products, SpraySeed, endosulfan, Supracide etc); the ester herbicides of 2,4‑D, MCPA and triclopyr; formulations of atrazine and metham sodium; and pindone concentrate products (ie more than 2.5 per cent pindone).

But it is a good idea to keep accurate records of all chemical use on the farm. There are many circumstances where the information in a chemical user's spray records has provided information to refute allegations made by another person, or assist in tracking down a chemical problem.

An accurate record of the spraying, made at the time of the spraying (or soon after), is highly regarded as evidence of how the spraying occurred.

Records can also provide valuable information in other cases too. There are a number of examples where a particular chemical has not performed the way it was expected to and where the user suspects a problem with the product. In these cases, the Batch Number or Date of Manufacture is vital to being able to identify the sample of the batch retained by the manufacturer, because it may be important to analyse that sample.

Records of chemical use can also track chemical use patterns to aid in resistance management and, if follow-up inspections are made, comments can provide local information on the effectiveness of particular chemicals against particular pests.

Source: http://gippsland.com/

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