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Multi agency team rolls out crackdown on fake pesticides

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A Spray Service Provider (SSP) during the application of pesticides in a cabbage farm. Professional Spray Service Providers are helping farmers in the application of pesticides an initiative that is being implemented by a partnership between Farmers, Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) and CropLife Kenya in Warurunga, Njabini on July 11, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Officers from the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has commenced a nationwide crackdown on fake pesticides sold in the market.

According to the PCPB, the operation, also targets pesticides sold in open air markets through hawking, car boot sales and temporary structures.

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