Related Organisations

• Product Safety and Integrity Committee - PSIC is a committee of the Primary Industries Ministerial Council (PIMC). Its role is to provide advice on issues relating to the safety and integrity of agricultural [primary] produce before it leaves the farm, including the safety and sustainability of agricultural [primary] production systems

• Australian government  "whole-of- government" website - links to federal, state and local governments

• Australian Federal Government Agencies - Australian government entry point

• Australian Horticultural Corporation

• Bureau of Rural Sciences,  AFFA

• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) promotes a safe and healthy working environment by providing information and advice about occupational health and safety.

• CropLife International - GCPF's Resistance Action Committees facilitate the effective management of crop protection products resistance by fostering understanding, co-operation and communication between industry, government and farmers.

• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  DAFF is the Australian government department responsible for the agricultural, food, fisheries and forest industries.

• Dept of Environment and Water Resources and the Environmental Protection and Heritage Council. National Chemical Reference Guide - Comprehensive database of 600+ chemicals with related environmental standards and guidelines.

• European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products,  EMEA Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products

• European Union  and list of their agriculture related directives

• Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

  • FAO : Pesticide Management Unit FAOs activities regarding Pesticide Management aim at managing the risks associated with the use of pesticides
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand

  FSANZ, in cooperation with the Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments and the New Zealand Government, develops food standards and other regulatory measures for Australia and New Zealand.

• International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Products

  VICH aims for harmonisation of technical requirements for veterinary product registration.

• International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)

  The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), established in 1980, is a joint program of three Cooperating Organizations, ILO, UNEP and WHO, implementing activities related to chemical safety. Publications include JMPR and JECFA

• National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme for registration of industrial chemicals

• National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee - includes outcomes of meetings, notices of substances under consideration for scheduling

• National Farmer's Federation

The National Farmers' Federation  is a federation of Australian farm organisations.

• National Occupational Health and Safety Commission : Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Section

  Conducts OHS assessments of agricultural and veterinary chemicals for the APVMA.

• NSW Department of Agriculture
• Pesticide Action Network
• Pesticides Safety Directorate (UK)

• Product Recalls - combined Australian government product recall site - includes APVMA recalls of agvet products

• Therapeutic Goods Administration
  -First Aid and safety Directions

• UK Department of Health : Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)

  The COT is an Advisory Committee of independent experts that provides advice to Government Departments and Agencies on all matters concerning the potential toxicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment.

• UK Environment Agency

• UK Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food -subsumed into >UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2001

• UK - Pesticide Safety Directorate

• US Department of Agriculture

  • USDA : Food Safety and Inspection Service

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Homepage

The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment air, water, and land upon which life depends

• US  EPA Chemical References Web Pages

• US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs : Code of Federal Regulations> Federal regulation of pesticide programs.

• US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Homepage

  • FDA : Center for Veterinary Medicine

    The Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) regulates the manufacture and distribution of food additives and drugs that will be given to animals.

  • FDA : Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition  Pesticides, Metals and Chemical Contaminants in foods.

• US Food Safety  Gateway to US Government Food Safety Information-Animal Drugs and Medicated Feeds

• EPA Office of Regulatory Enforcement : Toxics and Pesticides  

The (US) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and other US regulatory information.

• USA Federal Register : Code of Federal Regulations

• USA - Food and Drug Administration

• USA - FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, includes New Animal Drug Approvals

• US State Pesticide Regulatory Agencies

  Directory of regulatory bodies for each state of the US.

• Veterinary Medicine Directorate (UK)

• World Health Organisation

  The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.