HL Deb 25 January 1996 vol 568 cc82-3WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, having regard to the duty of the Health and Safety Executive to "advise and inform" employees and employers, they will publish a list of all the products licensed by the Pesticides Safety Directorate and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate which contain organophosphates.

Lord Lucas

The Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) currently approves products containing the following organophosphate compounds: azamethiphos; bromophos; chlorfenvinphos; chlorpyrifos; demeton-S-methyl; diazinon; dichlorvos; dimethoate; disulfoton; ethoprophos; etrimfos; fenitrothion; fonofos; fosamine-ammonium; fosetyl-aluminium; heptenophos; iodofenphos; malathion; mephosfolan; oxydemeton-methyl; phorate; phosalone; pirimiphos-methyl; pyrazophos; quinalphos; thiometon; tolclofos-methyl; trichlorfon. PSD publishes, jointly with the Health and Safety Executive, an annualReference Book 500, which lists all of the currently approved registered products, including those which contain organophosphate compounds. Reference Book 500 is available in the Library of the House.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate publishes a list of all veterinary medicinal products (dips, injectables, pour-ons and sprays) available in the UK for use as ectoparasiticides in sheep. This includes all the authorised organophosphorus based treatments for sheep ectoparasiticides. This list is updated regularly and copies are also available in the Library of the House. The following table lists all the other authorised veterinary medicines containing organophosphates, as shown in our records.

Veterinary medicines containing organophosphates (other than sheep dips)
Product name Species Active ingredient
Prevent of Insecticidal Collar for Cats and Dogs Cats and Dogs Diazinon
Cyflee Anti-flea Tablets for Cats Cats Cythioate
Sergeant's Flea Collar for Cats Cats Naled
Tiguvon 10 Cats Fenthion
Beaphar 3 Month Flea Collar for Cats Cats Diazinon
Young's Poron 20 Cattle Phosmet
Debantic Ear Tags Cattle Phosmet
Cyflee Anti-flea Cattle Tetrachlorvinphos

Veterinary medicines containing organophosphates (other than sheep dips)
Product name Species Active ingredient
Tablets for Dogs Dogs Cythioate
Cyflee Anti-flea Tablets for Small Dogs Dogs Cythioate
Sergeants Flea Collar for Dogs Dogs Naled
Tiguvon 20 Dogs Fenthion
Beaphar 3 Month Flea and Tick Collar for Dogs Dogs Diazinon
Baccara Insecticidal Collar for Small Dogs Dogs Diazinon
Verdisol Horses Dichlorvos
Porect Pigs Phosmet
Verdipor C Pigs Dichlorvos
Bioverm Pigs Dichlorvos
Aquagard Sea Lice Treatment Salmon Dichlorvos