Minor use is the use of chemical pesticides or non-chemical means of crop protection where the potential use is on a scale not sufficiently large to justify registration of that use from an applicant’s perspective alone. The key driver for minor uses is a lack of economic return to an...

The purpose of this issue paper is to highlight current international microbial contaminant criteria on food and drinking water and to promote a dialogue among OECD member countries on the acceptable levels of microbial contamination in microbial pest control products. A compilation of methods...

This document aims to serve as a guide to the pesticide industry developing new products using RNAi as a mode of action and to regulators conducting human health safety assessments of pesticides. This document focuses on issues which will have a bearing on data requirements for determining the...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become, in the last two decades, a global threat that poses potentially dramatic health and economic consequences. AMR is referring to antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal resistance. Although it remains a complex issue, antibacterial resistance is,...

Baculoviruses have been explored for more than 75 years as microbial pest control agents (MPCA) and are commercially available as microbial pest control products (MPCP) for almost 50 years. Today baculoviruses are registered and used as MPCP in nearly all OECD countries. The specific focus of...

The efficacy and functionality of a biocides treated article as well as the way the treated article and its benefits for the user are presented (the claim) have a public health impact. The OECD identified a public health concern, in particular because of a possible false sense of security given...

This Guidance Document is intended to provide guidance to industry and regulatory authorities, on regulatory approaches that can be taken for assessment and approval of bacteriophages to be used as plant protection products. Bacteriophages (or phages) are a group of microorganisms that are...

This guidance provides recommendations for the design and execution of simulated-use studies to evaluate the efficacy of baits (claim “nest kill”) against tropical ants. Furthermore, this guidance deals with laboratory and simulated-use testing of tropical ant repellents (e.g. claim...

This guidance provides recommendations for the design and execution of laboratory studies to evaluate the performance of biocidal products in any formulation such as a liquid, aerosol, fog, or impregnated fabric intended to repel, attract, and/or kill bed bugs (Cimex lectularius). It does not...

The use of Unmanned Aerial Spray Systems (UASSs) has the potential to improve the sustainability of pesticide use. Appropriately regulated use of this technology and pesticides they apply could provide benefits such as: reductions in worker exposures (in comparison to some current spraying...