Identification of HHPs
The goal of the identification step is to check the registered pesticides against the FAO/WHO criteria for HHPs. Any pesticide meeting one or more of these criteria is considered to be an HHP.
The criteria for identifying HHPs as presented below were defined in 2008 by the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM).
# | Description of HHP Criteria 1 to 8 | Explanation |
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1 | Pesticide formulations that meet the criteria of Classes Ia or Ib of the WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard | |
2 | Pesticide active ingredients and their formulations that meet the criteria of carcinogenicity Categories 1A and 1B of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) | |
3 | Pesticide active ingredients and their formulations that meet the criteria of mutagenicity Categories 1A and 1B of the GHS | |
4 | Pesticide active ingredients and their formulations that meet the criteria of reproductive toxicity Categories 1A and 1B of the GHS | |
5 | Pesticide active ingredients listed by the Stockholm Convention in its Annexes A and B, and those meeting all the criteria in paragraph 1 of annex D of the Convention | |
6 | Pesticide active ingredients and formulations listed by the Rotterdam Convention in its Annex III | |
7 | Pesticides listed under the Montreal Protocol | |
8 | Pesticide active ingredients and formulations that have shown a high incidence of severe or irreversible adverse effects on human health or the environment. |
HHP identification tool
Download tool | Description and use |
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(version 20180305, 4.02 MB) | The spreadsheet tool can be used to document the HHP identification process. This can be done for individual pesticides, or for lists of registered pesticides.. Note that the user is responsible for looking up the pesticide properties and classifications from the relevant sources. How to use:
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