The APVMA will be holding stakeholder workshops to discuss the Review into the APVMA Quality Assurance Scheme for Agricultural Active Constituents and Agricultural Chemical Products (AgQA Scheme). The workshops will seek stakeholder feedback on the current AgQA Scheme and input for future improvements.
Workshops will be held in Sydney on Thursday 3 September 2009, Melbourne on Wednesday 9 September 2009 and Perth on Thursday 10 September 2009. Venues to be advised shortly.
Please contact Adrienne Walker on 02 6210 4836 or via email to adrienne.walker@apvma.gov.au to register your interest.
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority ensures the quality of active constituents used in agricultural chemical products in the Australian marketplace through its AgQA Scheme.
The AgQA Scheme is the Quality Assurance Scheme for Agricultural Active Constituents and Agricultural Chemical Products.
The scheme is based on a set of standards for active constituents. These standards set out the purity of the active constituent and the maximum allowable impurity level.
Conditions of Registration underpin the scheme. These conditions hold product registrants responsible for ensuring the active constituents in agricultural chemical products are sourced from an APVMA listed manufacturing site. They also require that the active constituents meet the relevant APVMA standards.
Under the scheme, the APVMA monitors compliance with the conditions through: