OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF PESTICIDES
(ROP)
Mandate
The main function of this office is enforcement of the Control of Pesticides
Act No. 33 of 1980, it's amendments and regulations. The Act provides provisions
to control, import, packing, labeling, storage, formulation, transport, sale
and use of pesticides through registration of individual products(10). The entire
spectrum of pesticidal products, such as those used in agriculture, public health,
domestic, industrial and veterinary etc. are coming under the purview of the
Act. The office of the Registareof Pasdiside has the national responsibility
to ensure that only the high quality pesticides those are least hazardous to
human health and enviroment enter the market in Sri Lanka.
Focus
Major focus areas in implementation: