Responsible use of Rodenticides

Please make yourself aware of the changes that are coming to the purchase of professional quantities of rodenticide.

Anticoagulant rodenticides fail conventional regulatory risk assessments. Residues are found in a wide variety of wildlife species and they are occasionally responsible for deaths of non-target animals. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as the UK Competent Authority for biocides, requires reassurance that products containing these substances can be used without unacceptable risk to wildlife and other non-target species.

The www.thinkwildlife.org website provides all the latest details of the stewardship scheme, with information on timelines, code of practice, approved certificates of competence and the farm assurance schemes that provide a derogation.