Fake pesticides in Ukraine: the Rada has developed a law to combat counterfeiting
State
The share of counterfeit pesticides on the Ukrainian market today is 20-30% of the market, and the number of counterfeit drugs intended for retail sale to the population exceeds 50%.
This was announced by People's Deputy of Ukraine Olena Vintonyak, according to the material AgroPolit.com.
The main types of fakes are:
- sale under the guise of one drug of another drug (including the sale of generics under the name of original drugs);
- illegal mixing and / or packaging of drugs (including by mixing individual chemicals);
- substitution (or absence) of the active chemical in the preparation.
“For processing, it is necessary to use pesticides that are approved for use in Ukraine and are supplied in original branded packaging. This avoids situations when, as a result of the use of counterfeit, the crop either dies altogether or becomes dangerous for consumption. Both of them are a huge damage to farmers, as well as a threat to our health," the people's deputy said.
In order to strengthen the fight against counterfeit drugs, draft law No. 4558 was registered, agreed with specialized agrarian associations and environmentalists.
“The draft law is planned to establish that counterfeit pesticides are subject to seizure, disposal and destruction. Oddly enough, such a requirement has not yet been established, as a result of which counterfeit pesticides literally flooded our market,” Elena Vintonyak noted.