ANALYTICAL STUDY FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICES OF SOME PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS IN EGYPT

Abstract

Successful control of agricultural pests and pathogens is based on effective pesticides of acceptable quality that do not cause undesirable adverse effects when used at recommended rates. In fact, the use of non-standard products (fake, counterfeit pesticides) can have serious adverse effects on human health and the environment, and the use of these products may result in unsatisfactory or sufficient results towards the target pests As well as the accumulation of residues in the environment and food crops, such products often contain impurities or other chemicals that can increase their toxicity to mammals and other types of non-target organisms. Several reports and estimates, particularly for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), indicate that as of the first decade of the current century, such pesticides have increased in the markets of developing countries, accounting for about 30%, and that they did not meet internationally accepted quality standards. With regard to the Egyptian market, it faces such a problem on a large scale according to the estimates of the responsible authorities. For this purpose, both FAO and WHO developed and published standard specifications for technical substances and formulations,