The Chilled Food Association is offering guidelines on the likely removal of certain pesticides from the EU market for £30 each for 1-4 copies, or £20 each for five or more copies.

Its latest newsletter said: 'Some 320 substances used in plant protection products, including insecticides, fungicides and herbicides, are to be withdrawn from the market by July 25 2003 as part of the European Commission's new approach to the evaluation of active substances in plant protection products.

Users, wholesalers and retailers of plant protection products will need to be aware of whether the products they use or sell are likely to be withdrawn, so as to prevent them being left with stocks of unusable material. (The Regulation 2076/2002 of November 20 2002), with the list of the 320 substances, was published in the Official Journal and at http://europa.eu.int/eurlex/en/oj/2002/l_31920021123en.html).

CFA's Due Diligence Guidance on the Agricultural Use of Pesticides for Suppliers to Chilled Food Manufacturers sets out the management systems recommended to manage the new legislative requirements and best practice systems for operations throughout the chain.

Members receive a discount.

• Vitacress Salads Ltd has become a full member of the Chilled Food Association, to lift the CFA's membership to 28 companies, representing over 150 plants and employing over 50,000 people.

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