Department of Agriculture and Food



Irish Organisations

Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board
Bord Glas (Horticultural Development Service)
Environmental Protection Agency
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Food Safety Promotion Board
Health and Safety Authority
Irish Medicines Board
National Poisons Information Centre
Teagasc

European and International Organisations

Agriculture DG of the European Commission.
Codex Alimentarius Commission.
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation
European Chemicals Bureau.
Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Pesticide Management Unit
Health and Consumer Protection DG of the European Commission
Health and Consumer Protection DG of the European Commission dealing with plant protection products and pesticide residues
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
United Nations Environmental Programme/World Health Organisation chemicals activities

Regulatory Authorities

Australian National Registration Authority Home Page
Danish Environment Protection Agency Home Page in English
French Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries: Plant Protection (in French)
German Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA)
Spanish Plant Protection Products database (in Spanish)
Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate (Kemi) home page in English
UK Pesticides Safety Directorate
US Environmental Protection Agency


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