New rodenticide guidelines: Future availability of professional baits in users’ own hands To protect the future availability of high potency rodenticides to farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers, new practical guidelines have been issued by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK. According to CRRU chairman Dr Alan Buckle: “The need arises because, as responsible rodenticide users already…
Citizen science project needs farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers Rodenticide effectiveness could be “hit or miss” in large swathes of the UK due to the unknown resistance status of rat and mouse populations, according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use chairman Dr Alan Buckle. Farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers are being invited to join…
Implications for rodenticide users of new label text specifying bait-station standards Changes required by Health and Safety Executive to legally binding instructions on rodenticide product labels have significant implications for users in pest control, farming and gamekeeping. Updated text will appear on labels January onwards, according to chairman of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide…
DEFRA issue new general licenses for 2022 Defra have issued new general licenses for 2022 which will run for two years unlike the previous versions which lasted for one year. Defra state that this is to provide a more stable platform for operators to use. In general there are only minor changes but they…
Dramatic drop in allegations of rogue rodenticide supply, however… Watertight point-of-sale controls? Or loss of interest among tip-off sources? In the past year, only one suspected point-of-sale non-compliance case has been reported to the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. There were 62 such alerts in the three years to November 2020. What cannot be…
‘Five Years of Rodenticide Stewardship 2016-2020’ published A report of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime’s work covering 2016 to 2020 has been published by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. This feeds into a formal five-year review being carried out by its HSE-led Government Oversight Group. The regime’s work and achievements to date were discussed…
Legal teeth and rodent control update in 2021 Code of Best Practice to tackle “stubbornly static” rodenticide residues in barn owls Rodenticide use for permanent, pulsed or burrow baiting, or in covered and protected bait stations, is now only legal if the product label permits these ‘non-standard’ scenarios specifically. This applies equally to pest controllers,…
Government backs Bill banning the use of glue traps for pest control Link: Government website link Government backs Glue Traps (Offences) Bill to crack down on inhumane traps From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith Published 16 June 2021 Glue Traps (Offences) Bill to crack down on inhumane…
DEFRA have today released a document titled ‘Action for Animals’. The document has the backing of and includes a foreword by George Eustice (Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). The Action Plan for Animal Welfare sets out DEFRA’s plans, aims and ambitions across 5 key areas: · sentience and enforcement ·…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE UK Static rodenticide residues in barn owl surveillance Two-thirds of barn owls analysed have been found with detectable liver residues of two or more second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs). Another 21% were positive for one SGAR in this Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide…