Manual on the development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for chemical pesticides
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In 2001, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed to develop specifications for pesticides jointly, thus providing unique, robust and universally applicable standards for pesticide quality. This joint programme is based on a memorandum of understanding between the two organizations. This 2025 third edition of the manual on development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides, which is only available online, supersedes the 2022 second edition and previous manuals and guidance documents published by either FAO or WHO on this subject. This third edition does not change the established procedures nor guidance available in the previous edition, but provides clarification of the text in specific instances, mainly allowing for updated citations of internationally validated external scientific methods which are relied upon as reference methods for data generation and quality control activities. This 2025 third edition of the manual takes into account points reported by the open and closed meetings of 2016 to 2025 and points suggested by JMPS members, CIPAC, and industry.This manual provides the standard process, unified requirements and procedures, harmonized definitions and nomenclature, technical guidelines and standards applicable to pesticides for use in agriculture and public health. FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides based on this manual are developed through the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Specifications (JMPS) and published on the websites of the two organizations.