Syngenta – EU Compliant Paddy Health and Safety

Children below the age of 14 should not be employed in any work.
Children below 18 years should not be allowed to undertake dangerous and hazardous work.
Children should not be exposed to work which physically or psychologically or sexually abuse them.
Educate everyone in your village to make sure that they send their children to school.
Don’t employ any worker in the farm based on bond or for debt and also not against his/her consent.
Never abuse a worker and his/her family physically, verbally and/or sexually and treat all the workers equally.
Don’t ask any worker to deposit any amount or original documents or valuables before employment.
Pay a minimum wage to workers based on local law. Don’t hold the payment to the worker on any grounds beyond the prescribed payment date.
Don’t allow any worker to work in hazardous work environment like handling and spraying of CPA, without proper PPE kit and prior training.
Don’t allow pregnant women, Children and Adolescents to handle CPAs.
After the application of CPAs don’t allow anyone to enter the field before the prescribed re-entry time. Make sure that you keep first aid items in the reach of any emergency. The workers are entitled to take leaves and given holidays on national holidays and festivals.

Sr. no.	Compliance Rules
1	Use only ITC-approved chemicals; avoid unlisted chemicals.
2	It is mandatory to adhere to the PHI (Pre-Harvest Interval) for each chemical.
3	Maintain a farm register/log book – complete details of chemicals, date, and quantity.
4	Follow the instructions of the ITC agricultural expert.
5	Storage and transport compliant and non-compliant paddy separately.
6	Apply urea only after checking N requirement using the LCC (Leaf Color Chart).
7	Install pheromone traps on time and monitor them weekly.
8	Implement targeted interventions based on NDVI/satellite monitoring results.

Source: PoP verified by Dr. J.P. Tandon, Former Director IIWBR, Karnal & ADG ICAR) (Sources: International Rice Research Insititue, Philippines, National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab)