Registrar of Pesticides Dr. J.A. Sumith has been removed from his post with immediate effect, the Ministry of Agriculture stated today (23).
This comes after Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that disciplinary action would be taken against the Registrar of Pesticides, over the gazette issued lifting the ban on Glyphosate and several other agrochemicals.
The Agriculture Minister yesterday instructed the Secretary of the ministry to call for an explanation from the Registrar of Pesticides regarding the gazette issued revoking a previous gazette imposing a ban on the use and sale of Glyphosate and four other agrochemicals in several areas.
An Extraordinary Gazette notification had been published yesterday (22) revoking the Gazette issued in 2014 prohibiting the use and sale of several pesticides including Glyphosate.
Issued by the Registrar of Pesticides Dr. J. A. Sumith and dated November 01, it revokes the previous Gazette “in the interest of the public and on the advice of the Pesticide Technical and Advisory Committee.”
Registrar of Pesticides stripped from post over Glyphosate gazette
23 Nov 2021
Registrar of Pesticides stripped from post over Glyphosate gazette
23 Nov 2021
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