Pesticides Safety Directorate
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[[Image:PSD_logo.gif|right|150px|PSD]]
The '''Pesticides Safety Directorate''' ia an executive agency of the [[Health and Safety Executive]]. Up until the end of March 2008 it was an executive agency of [[Defra]]. It is based in based in [[York]] and responsible for the authorisation of [[plant protection products]] (i.e. agricultural pesticides) in the UK. In 2005 it also became responsible for detergents.
==PSD's aims==
*To ensure the safe use of [[pesticides]] and [[detergents]] for people and the environment.
*To harmonise pesticide regulation within the [[European Community]] and provide a level playing field for crop protection.
*As part of the strategy for sustainable food and farming, to reduce negative impacts of pesticides on the environment.
==External links==
*[http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/ PSD's official website]
[[Category:Executive agencies of the United Kingdom government]]
[[Category:Agriculture in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Gardening]]