Co-op Pesticide CoP: Step 6 Grower Audit

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Step 6 Grower Audit

During the Grower Approval process growers will have agreed that you have access to their sites and records.

Notify your grower of intended visits, ensuring that the time and place are suitable. Set out an audit schedule explaining what you wish to look at during your visit and which records you would like to see.

Auditing at source should be done on a regular basis and include the following:

1. Growers sources of advice covering all aspects of pesticide use e.g. law, application, seed/ root stock, alternative pesticides
2. Calibration and up keep of application machinery
3.The suitability of the pesticide store to contain spillages, fire,
4. Pesticide stock records and segregation
5. Actual spray records and there compliance to the Proposed list which was given and to the Co-op approved lists
6. Traceability of fields to spray records and evidence of monitoring of crops
7. Grower pesticide application records must be inspected on a regular basis, your audit should look at:

existence of records, using the Grower Approval agreed pro-formas
harvest interval clearance check
applied pesticides v residues found

8. Seed root stock purchases
9. Fertiliser applications

pesticide workers (copyright ILO)
10. Spray operator qualifications

You may wish to carry out risk assessments during your audit visits.

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