Lindane

HC Deb 17 April 2000 vol 348 cc337-40W

Mr. Baker

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the approvals for products containing Lindane which have been suspended, withdrawn or revoked from market authorisation in the last five years, indicating the crops for which use of the products had been approved, including off-label approvals. [118804]

Ms Quin

[holding answer 12 April 2000]: Those products containing Lindane which have been suspended withdrawn or revoked from the market since 1 November 1995, and the crops for which they held approval, are:

Product name	MAFF No.	Crops
Atlas Steward	03062	Apple
		Barley (spring)
		Barley (winter)
		Beetroot
		Blackberry
		Broad bean
		Broccoli (seed crop)
		Brussels sprout (seed crop)
		Cabbage (seed crop)
		Calabrese (seed crop)
		Cauliflower (seed crop)
		Grassland
		Kale (seed crop)
		Lettuce (protected)
		Loganberry
		Maize (spring)
		Maize (winter)
		Mustard (seed crop)
		Oilseed rape
		Ornamental (including bulb and corm)
		Ornamental shrub
		Ornamental tree
		Pea
		Pear
		Raspberry
		Spinach
		Strawberry
		Sugar beet
		Swede (seed crop)
		Tomato (protected)
		Turnip (seed crop)
		Wheat (spring)
		Wheat (winter)
CDA Castaway Plus	04758	Turf
Gamma-Col	00964	Apple
		Blackberry
		Brassica
		Cereal
		Christmas tree
		Chrysanthemum
		Cucumber
		Elm
		Grass
		Loganberry
		Maize
		Oilseed rape
		Ornamental
		Pear
		Plum
		Raspberry
		Strawberry
		Sugar beet
		Vegetable
Gamma-Col Turf	05450	Turf
Gamma-Col Turf	06826	Turf
Gamma-Col Turf	07868	Turf
Gammalex	00965	Oilseed rape (seed)
Gammalex	06396	Oilseed rape

Product name	MAFF No.	Crops
Gammasan 30	00969	Barley (seed)
		Oat (seed)
		Wheat (seed)
Gammasan 30	06671	Barley (spring)
		Barley (winter)
		Oats (spring)
		Oats (winter)
		Wheat (spring)
		Wheat (winter)
Hydraguard	03278	Brussels sprout
		Cabbage
		Kale
		Oilseed rape
		Swede
		Turnip
Hydraguard	08877	Brussels sprout
		Cabbage
		Kale
		Oilseed rape
		Swede
		Turnip
Hysede FL	02863	Brassica seed (including broccoli, brussels sprout, cabbage, oilseed rape, swede)
		Broccoli
		Brussels sprout
		Cabbage
		Oilseed rape
		Swede
		Turnip
Kotol FS	06968	Barley
		Barley (seed)
		Oats
		Oats (seed)
		Rye (seed)
		Wheat
		Wheat (seed)
Lindane 20	01553	Apple
		Artichoke (Jerusalem, globe)
		Aubergine
		Bean (broad, navy, runner, soya, dwarf, French)
		Beetroot
		Brassica (named)
		Broccoli
		Brussels sprout
		Bulb
		Cabbage
		Chinese cabbage
		Cauliflower
		Collard
		Fennel
		Forestry
		Kale
		Kohlrabi
		Oilseed rape
		Ornamental
		Pea (mange-tout)
		Pear
		Pepper
		Plum
		Pot plant
		Raspberry
		Sugar beet
		Tomato
Lindex-Plus FS Seed Treatment	03934	Chinese cabbage
		Oilseed rape (seed)
Lindex-Plus FS Seed Treatment	08212	Oilseed rape (seed)
Murfume Grainstore Smoke	05575	Food storage practice (fumigation of empty bins, chutes, conveyors, ducts and buildings used for storage of raw grain pulses and oilseeds)

Product name	MAFF No.	Crops
Murfume Lindane Smoke	05576	Glasshouse crop (edible + ornamental)
		Food storage practice (grain store, silo)
		Mushroom
New Kotol	05081	Barley (seed)
		Oats (seed)
		Rye (seed)
		Wheat (seed)
New Kotol	06212	Barley (seed
		Oats (seed)
		Rye (seed)
		Wheat (seed)
Sentry	06209	Sugar beet
Unicrop Leather Jacket Pellets	02272	Barley (spring)
		Barley (winter)
		Grassland
		Oats
		Rye
		Sugar beet
		Triticale
		Wheat (spring)
		Wheat (winter)
Vitavax RS	02310	Oilseed rape (seed)
Vitavax RS	06029	Oilseed rape
		Oilseed rape (seed)
Vitavax RS	08040	Flax
		Linseed
		Oilseed rape
Wireworm FS Seed Treatment	05640	Barley
		Oats
		Wheat
Wireworm Liquid Seed Treatment	05641	Barley
		Oats
		Wheat