Pesticides Warehouses' Verification Ordered

MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Oct, 2016 ) : Director, Pest Warning and Quality Control of Pesticides (PWQCP) Multan region Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq has ordered pesticides inspectors to obtain infrastructure lists from pesticides companies and complete the process of verification of their stores/warehouses as early as possible.

He said this at a special meeting convened here Monday on the orders of additional secretary agriculture top speed up proceedings to ensure availability of quality pesticides in the market, agriculture spokesman said in a statement.

Farooq said that all the offices in Multan region should send sample collection reports of all inspectors regularly, however, sampling may be avoided, if inspectors of agriculture extension department have already collected samples from a company or any of its products.

He said that pesticides companies should be held bound to provide a list of their infrastructure and also display it outside their offices. He said that pesticides specific for wheat crop had started pouring into the markets and urged inspectors to speed up pesticides sampling to ensure quality.

He said that agriculture officers of PWQCP posted at headquarters have been made focal persons to improve liaison with police and prosecution and speed up trail of those dealing in substandard pesticides and submit reports regularly.

Deputy director PWQCP Multan Khalid Mahmood, Chaudhry Muhammad Irshad, Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf, Rao Muhammad Ashfaq, assistant director agriculture information Naveed Asmat Kahlon besides all the assistant directors of PWQCP Multan region attended the meeting.